The London Cab Order 1999

Made: 31st March 1999

Coming into force: 24th April 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869¹, section 1 of the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907² and section 1 of the London Cab Act 1968³, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and introduction

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This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1999 and shall come into force on 24th April 1999.

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The London Cab Order 1934⁴ shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

Scale of fares

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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 £1.00, and (b) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.21 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 219 metres or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £10.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 146 metres, and (c) in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.21 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 48 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £10.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 32 seconds. (2) In any case where the sum arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above– (a) is less than £1.40, the fare payable shall be £1.40; or (b) exceeds £1.40 but is not a multiple of 20p, the fare payable shall be the sum so arrived at rounded up to the next highest multiple of 20p.

Extra charges

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• (1) Paragraph 41(2)(a) (which prescribes extra charges for the hiring of a motor cab on public holidays, at weekends and at night) shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In item (i), for “£2” there shall be substituted “£3”.

• (3) In items (ii), (iii) and (iiiA), for “60p” there shall be substituted “90p”.

• (4) In item (iv), for “40p” there shall be substituted “60p”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Glenda Jackson — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 31st March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fares payable for the hiring of a motor cab licensed in the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London in respect of all journeys beginning and ending there. It also increases certain extra charges payable for hirings on public holidays, at weekends and at night.

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