The London Cab Order 1993

Made: 2nd April 1993

Coming into force: 24th April 1993

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 1993 and shall come into force on 24th April 1993.

2

The London Cab Order 1934[^f00004] shall be amended in accordance with Article 3 below.

Scales of fares

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

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Transport — 2nd April 1993

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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1869 c. 115.

[^f00002]: 1907 c. 55.

[^f00003]: 1968 c. 7.

[^f00004]: S.R. and O. 1934/1346; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/1169.