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A decision made on 31 August 2018

Decision Reference: MD-T-2018-0044
Decision Summary Title :	Motor Traffic (Cabs - Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017 - Amendment		Date of Decision Summary:	15 August 2018
Decision Summary Author:	Head of DVS & Inspector of Motor Traffic		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Motor Traffic (Cabs - Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017 - Amendment		Date of Written Report:	15 August 2018
Written Report Author:	Head of DVS & Inspector of Motor Traffic		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Motor Traffic (Cabs - Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017 - Amendment
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to prescribe the increases to taxi-cab tariffs as set out in the attached report, and approved instructions to be sent to the Principal Legislative Drafter to amend the Motor Traffic (Cabs-Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017.
Reason(s) for Decision: To amend the Motor Traffic (Cabs – Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017, to allow an increase in controlled taxi-cab fares.
Resource Implications: DfI Officer and Principal Legislative Drafter’s time.
Action required: Head of DVS to instruct the Principal Legislative Drafter to amend the Motor Traffic (Cabs-Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017 to reflect the amended charges.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Infrastructure
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Motor Traffic (Cabs - Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017: Amendment

DEPARTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

MOTOR TRAFFIC (CABS - FARES AND CHARGES) (JERSEY) ORDER 2017

TAXI-CAB FARE INCREASE 2018

Purpose of the Report

To seek the support of the Minister for Infrastructure, in accordance with his powers under Articles 38(1), and (2)(a) of the Motor Traffic (Jersey) Law 1935 which provides that:

“(1) It is the duty of the Minister to prescribe by Order such matters as it is necessary or convenient to prescribe to ensure that, insofar as it is practicable to do so, there is an adequate, efficient and reasonably priced cab service available throughout Jersey at all times.

(2) The Minister may, in particular, prescribe –

(a) the fares and charges payable for the hire of cabs;”

to amend the Motor Traffic (Cabs – Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017.

Background

In line with the ongoing reform of the Taxi-Cab industry to continue to review annually the scale of fares and charges and in consultation with the Minister and Industry bodies agree an appropriate annual increase.

On 9th July 2018 a meeting was held with the Jersey Taxi Drivers Association (JTDA) where a fare increase in line with 3.1% RPI was tabled.

Discussion

The Head Statistician provided the latest inflation figures on 4th June 2018 and confirmed that the latest inflation figures gave RPI(Taxi) as 3.1% for the period March 2017 to 2018, with the headline main RPI being 3.2% for the same period.

During discussions with the JTDA the outline fare increase was discussed using the RPI(Taxi) as the benchmark. The introduction of an additional Soiling Charge was also discussed.

In order to reach the necessary fare increase the addition of 1p to flag and each drop across all tariffs gives an overall Weighted Average Increase of 3.3%. The increase has been independently checked by the Head of Statistics.

Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to agree the fare rise as detailed and approve the amendment of the Motor Traffic (Cabs – Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017 accordingly.

Reason(s) for Decision

To amend the Motor Traffic (Cabs – Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017, to allow an increase in controlled taxi-cab fares.

Action Required

Head of DVS to instruct the Law Draftsman to amend the Motor Traffic (Cabs - Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017 to reflect the amended charges.

Written by:	Head of DVS & Inspector of Motor Traffic

Approved by:	Director of Transport

Motor Traffic: (Cabs - Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order 2017: Amendment

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A decision made on 31 August 2018