The London Cab (No. 2) Order 1995

Made: 18th April 1995

Coming into force: 22nd April 1995

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 (No. 2) Order 1995 and shall come into force on the 22nd April 1995.

2

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

Scales of fares

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• (1) Paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) shall be amended as follows.

• (2) For sub-paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following—

(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 80p, and (b) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the motor cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.34 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 256.5 metres or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.40 or more, at the rate of 20p for 171 metres, and (c) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the motor cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.34 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 55.5 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £8.40 or more, at the rate of 20p for 37 seconds.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (2) for the words “would be less than £1.00 the fare payable shall be £1.00” there shall be substituted “would be less than £1.20 the fare payable shall be £1.20,”.

Signed

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Steven Norris — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Transport — 18th April, 1995

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 instruments are S.I.1993/1093 and S.I.1994/ 1087.