Taxi Fare Setting
Private Hire Vehicles
Private hire vehicles need to be pre-booked and you must agree the
fare with the operator at the time of booking.
Hackney Carriages
Ryedale District Council has the power under the Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 Section 65 to set the fares for
hackney carriages.
A District Council may fix the rates or fares in the District
for time, distance and all other charges to be paid for the hire of
the hackney carriage by means of a table of fares, which may be
made or varied in accordance with the provisions of this
section.
When a District Council makes or varies a table of fares, they
must publish any changes in a notice in at least one local
newspaper circulating in the district. They must give at least 14
days from the date of the first publication and details of how any
objections to the table of fares or variations can be made.
If no objections to a table of fares or variations are made
within the period specified in the notice, or if all objections are
withdrawn, the table of fares or variations come into effect
following the expiry of the consultation period or the date of the
withdrawal of any objections.
If an objection is made and is not withdrawn, the district
council may set a further date, not later than two months after the
first specified date, on which the table of fares shall come into
force with or without modifications, as decided by the Licensing
Committee after consideration of the objections.
It was decided by the Licensing Committee on 5 April 2007 that
when setting the table of fares, tariff 2 should always represent a
time and a half multiplier of tariff 1. For example if the flag
fall for tariff 1 is £3.00, the flag fall for tariff 2 would be
£4.50.