Mid Sussex District Area - Rates or Fares for Hackney Carriage Vehicles
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MID SUSSEX DISTRICT COUNCIL
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) ACT 1976
RATES OR FARES FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGE VEHICLES
NOTICE IS HEREbY GIVEN under Section 65(2) of the Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 that the Mid Sussex District Council
proposes to vary the maximum tariffs which may be charged by hackney
carriage vehicles licensed by them on or after Friday 1st November 2024.
The maximum charges which the Council proposes to charge are as follows:
MILEAGE
Tariff 1 -If the distance doesn’t exceed 302 metres (330 yds approx)
for the whole distance: £4.40
For each subsequent 130 metres (142 yds approx) or part thereof: 20p
Waiting Time - For each period of 40 seconds or part thereof: 20p
EXTRA CHARGES
Tariff 2 - For hiring begun between 12 midnight and 6am on weekdays and
between 12 midnight and 8.30am on Sundays, after 8pm on 24th & 31st
December, all day on 26th December, Good Friday and Public and Bank
Holidays,and all Sundays which are followed by a bank holiday In lieu:
AbOVE (MILEAGE) PLUS 50%
Tariff 3 - All day 25th December: AbOVE (MILEAGE) PLUS 100%
MULTI SEAT VEHICLES - Any licensed vehicle when carrying 5 or more
passengers: Tariff 1: AbOVE (MILEAGE) PLUS 50%
Tariff 2: AbOVE (MILEAGE) PLUS 100%
Soiling charge: £150
The driver may also add additional fees such as Airport pick up/drop off
charges, Toll charges and congestion/clean air charges.
Emergency Fuel Surcharge to be applied to each £5 of indicated
metered fare or part thereof during periods when pump prices reach:
A. £1.90p to £2.24p per litre: 50p
b. £2.25p to £2.49p per litre: 90p
C. £2.50p per litre: £1.10
booking Fee (only when advance booking made/optional): 50p
Objections to any of the charges may be made within a period of 14 days from
the date of this notice and should be in writing and addressed to me so that
they are received no later than 5.00 pm on Monday 28th October 2024.
A copy of this notice will be deposited at the address below for public
inspection during normal office hours throughout the period of objection.
Lucy Corrie, Assistant Director Communities,
MID SUSSEX DISTRICT COUNCIL,
Oaklands Road, Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 1SS. Dated: 3rd October 2024.
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