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
F1S. 42(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iv) repealed by Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14, SIF 107:1), s. 88, Sch. 8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)
C1The “1960 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1960 (c.16, SIF 107:1)