Statutory Instruments
METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTS
CABS
Made
2nd April 1993
Coming into force
24th April 1993
1. This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1993 and shall come into force on 24th April 1993.
2. The London Cab Order 1934(4) shall be amended in accordance with Article 3 below.
3. For paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) there shall be substituted the following-
"40.-(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the fare payable for the hiring of a motor cab shall be according to the following scale-
(a)a hiring charge of 60p, and
(b)in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 9.92 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 291 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 194 yards, and
(c)in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 9.92 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 60 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 40 seconds.
(2) In any case where the fare according to the scale prescribed in sub-paragraph (1) above would be less than £1.00 the fare payable shall be £1.00, and in any other case where the fare would exceed a multiple of 20p by a sum which is less than 20p the fare payable shall be the next higher multiple of 20p.".
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Steven Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
2nd April 1993
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases the fares payable for the hiring of a motor cab in the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London in respect of all journeys beginning and ending there.