Transport Act 1980 (c. 34)

Part I E+W+S Public Service Vehicles

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1–44) applied by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62), s. 77

Other matters E+W+S

42 Defences available to persons charged with certain offences. E+W+S

(1) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) to prove that there was a reasonable excuse for the act or omission in respect of which he is charged.

(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(b) in the 1960 Act—

(i), (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(iii) so much of section 232(3) as relates to failure to comply with the requirement of section 232(2)(b); and

(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 42(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iv) repealed by Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14, SIF 107:1), s. 88, Sch. 8

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The “1960 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1960 (c.16, SIF 107:1)