The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 1984

Certain occasional services by vehicles registered in ECMT States

11.—(1) This Regulation applies to a public service vehicle—

(a) which is registered in the territory of a State which is an ECMT State;

(b) which is brought into Great Britain for the purpose of carrying passengers who are making only a temporary stay therein or are in transit; and

(c) which remains in Great Britain for a period not exceeding three months from the date of its entry therein,

in so far as the vehicle—

(i) is used to provide a service for the carriage of passengers which is not ASOR or Community regulated but which is of a description such as it mentioned in Article 3(1)(a), (b) or (c) of Council Regulation No. 117/66, where the journey made by the vehicle in providing that service starts from a place situated in the territory of an ECMT State and ends at a place situated in the territory of such a State or in Great Britain, and

(ii) is so used by or on behalf of a person who is authorised, under the law in force in the State, in the territory of which it is registered to use the vehicle for the carriage of passengers on the journey in question or such part thereof as lies within the territory of that State.

(2) In relation to a vehicle to which this Regulation applies, the provisions of the Act of 1981 shall have effect as if sections 6, 18, 22 and 30 of the Act of 1981 were omitted and as if—

(a) in so far as the vehicle is used to provide a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in paragraph 1(a) and 1(b) of Article 3 of Council Regulation No. 117/66, for section 12 of the Act of 1981 there were substituted the following sections:—

“12.   No person shall cause or permit a public service vehicle to be used on a road for the international carriage of passengers unless there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle, and is carried on the vehicle, a document which is issued by the competent authority of the country in which the vehicle is registered in the form set out in Schedule 3 to the Road Transport (International Passenger Service) Regulations 1984 and which is duly completed.”,

and

(b) in so far as the vehicle is used for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in paragraph 1(c) of the said Article 3, for section 12 of the Act of 1981 there were substituted the section set out in Schedule 2.