The London Cab (No. 2) Order 1995 No. 1181


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1995 No. 1181

METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTS

CABS

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(1), section 1 of the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act 1907(2) and section 1 of the London Cab Act 1968(3), 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(4) shall be amended in accordance with Article 3 below.

Scales of fares

3.-(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 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.

(4)

S.R. and O.1934/1346; relevant amending instruments are S.I.1993/1093 and S.I.1994/ 1087.


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