The London Cab Order 1989

Made: 11th May 1989

Coming into force: 9th June 1989

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869[^f00001], section 1 of the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907[^f00002] and section 1 of the London Cab Act 1968[^f00003], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and introduction

1

This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1989 and shall come into force on 9th June 1989.

2

The London Cab Order 1934[^f00004] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

Scales of fares

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• (1) For paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) there shall be substituted the following –

(40) (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the fare payable for the hiring of a motor cab shall be according to the following scale – (a) a hiring charge of 40p, and (b) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.26 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 384 yards or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £6.00 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 256 yards, and (c) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.26 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 76.5 seconds or, if the rate shown in the taximeter is £6.00 or more, thereafter at the rate of 20p for 51 seconds. (2) In any case where the fare according to the scale prescribed in sub-paragraph (1) above is less than £1.00 the fare payable shall be £1.00, and in any other case where the fare exceeds a multiple of 20p by a sum which is less than 20p the fare payable shall be the next higher multiple of 20p.

• (2) Schedule E shall be omitted.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Michael Portillo — Minister of State, — Department of Transport — 11th May 1989

Explanatory note

(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. This is achieved by substituting a new paragraph 40 (scale of fares for motor cabs) – see article 3.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1869 c. 115.

[^f00002]: 1907 c. 55.

[^f00003]: 1968 c. 7.

[^f00004]: S.R. & O. 1934/1346; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1988/996.