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Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, Section 79 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

79 Vehicles excluded from regulation as private hire vehicles.E+W

At any time when a vehicle would apart from section [F11(4)]of this Act be a public service vehicle, it shall continue to be treated as such for the purposes only of provisions contained in a local Act, in [F2sections 10 to 23 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982][F3, in the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998] or in Part II of the M1Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, which regulate the use of private hire vehicles provided for hire with the services of a driver for the purpose of carrying passengers and exclude public service vehicles from the scope of that regulation.

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E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 79 substituted (E.W.) (1.7.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 265(1); S.I. 2001/1498, art. 3

F2Words substituted by Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45 SIF 81:2), s. 137(3), Sch. 3 para. 5

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