Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)

PART II E+W+S General Provisions Relating to Public Service Vehicles

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (ss. 6–29) amended by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52, SIF 107:1), s. 187(3)

Supplementary provisions E+W+S

27 Returns to be provided by persons operating public service vehicles. E+W+S

(1) It shall be the duty of a person carrying on the business of operating public service vehicles to keep such accounts and records in relation thereto and to make to the Secretary of State such financial and statistical returns, and in such manner and at such times, as the Secretary of State may from time to time require.

(2) Subject to section 68(3) of this Act, if a person fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) above, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1 level 3 on the standard scale].

(3) This section shall not apply to the British Railways Board or [F2 the London Transport Executive][F2 London Regional Transport or to any subsidiary of London Regional Transport (within the meaning of the London Regional Transport Act 1984)].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G

F2 Words “London Regional Transport or to any subsidiary of London Regional Transport (within the meaning of the London Regional Transport Act 1984)” substituted (E.W.) for “the London Transport Executive” by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 71(3)(a), Sch. 6 para. 22

28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 28 repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 32(a), Sch. 8

29 Avoidance of contracts so far as restrictive of liability in respect of death of or injury to passengers in public service vehicles. E+W+S

A contract for the conveyance of a passenger in a public service vehicle shall, so far as it purports to negative or to restrict the liability of a person in respect of a claim which may be made against him in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, the passenger while being carried in, entering or alighting from the vehicle, or purports to impose any conditions with respect to the enforcement of any such liability, be void.