Brighton and Hove, Table of Fares for Hackney Carriages

BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL

Brighton & Hove City Council hereby gives notice in accordance with section 65 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 that it has made the following revised table of fares for hackney carriages set out below. Changes from the previous fare table are as follows. The initial distance is amended to 293 yards and the subsequent distance to 197 yards for all tariffs. This equates to a 10p increase per mile to the normal fare. A Late-Night Tariff has been introduced for every night from Midnight to 6.00am.

TABLE OF FARES LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1976

SECTION 65 - TABLE OF FARES FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGES





Tariff 1 - NORMAL FARE
Applies to all hiring's except those mentioned in tariffs 2,3,4,5,7,8 & 9
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£3.00
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
30p

Tariff 2 - Night
each day between the hours of 9pm and midnight,
Sundays - between the hours of 6am and midnight.
Bank or Public Holiday - between the hours of 6am and midnight excluding the times covered by Christmas Day and New Year extra charges
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£4.00
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
30p

Tariff 3 - Late Night
each day between the hours of midnight and 6am excluding the times covered by Tariffs 4 & 5
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£5.00
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time
30p

Tariff 4 - Christmas Day & Boxing Day
between 9pm 24 December and 6am 27 December.
New Year - between 6am and 10am 1st January
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£4.50
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
45p

Tariff 5 - New Year
between 9pm 31 December and 6am 1 January
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£6.00
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
60p
For Journeys with 5 to 8 passengers the following tariffs may apply





Tariff 6 - NORMAL FARE
Applies to all hiring's except those mentioned in tariffs 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 & 9
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£4.50
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time
45p

Tariff 7 - Night
each day between the hours of 9pm and midnight Sundays - between the hours of 6am and midnight
Bank or Public Holiday - excluding the times covered by Christmas and new year extra charge.
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£6.00
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time
45p

Tariff 8 - Late Night
each day between the hours of midnight and 6am
excluding the times covered by Tariffs 9 & 10
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.

£7.50
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time
45p

Tariff 9 - Christmas Day & Boxing Day
between 9pm 24 December and 6am 27 December.
New Year - between 6am and 10am 1st January
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£6.75
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time
70p

Tariff 10 - New Year
between 9pm 31 December and 6am 1st January
Initial distance not exceeding 293 yards or 80 seconds or a combination of distance and time.
£9.00
For all or part of each subsequent 197 yards or 54 seconds or a combination of distance and time
90p
Extra Charges - that may be added to the metered fare by the driver





*Fouling Charge (Charge levied dependent on extent and type of Fouling)
**Booking Fee for telephone and pre-booked hirings
***The driver may charge any road charges or tolls where applicable (this must be agreed with the customer before hire commences)
* up to £100.00* **20p**
Copies of this notice may be inspected at Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, during normal hours for a period of fourteen days from the date of this publication of this notice. During that period any person aggrieved by the variation may object in writing to the undersigned at the address shown. If no objections are received, or if all objections received are withdrawn, the table of fares as varied shall come into operation on the date of the expiration of that fourteen-day period or the date of withdrawal of the objection or, if more than one of the last objection, whichever date is the later. If objections are received and not withdrawn the council will set a date, not later than two months after the first specified date on which the table of fares shall come into force without modifications as decided by them after consideration of the objections.

Please note that the identity of respondents will not remain confidential unless this is expressly requested in writing.

Jo Player, Head of Safer Communities, Hackney Carriage Office, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ. 24th October 2022