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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

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Point in time view as at 03/07/2013.

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Transport Act 1985, Cross Heading: The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. 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

The M1Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981E+W+S

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4E+W+SIn section 12 of the 1981 Act (PSV operator’s licence), for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(1)A public service vehicle shall not be used on a road for carrying passengers for hire or reward except under a PSV operator’s licence granted in accordance with the following provisions of this Part of this Act..

5E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

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8E+W+SIn section 53(1) of that Act (payment of expenses), for the words “II or III” there shall be substituted the words “or II”.

9E+W+SF4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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11E+W+SIn section 68(4)(a) of that Act (provisions to which a defence under subsection (3) of that section applies), for the words “27(2) and 30(6) and (7)” there shall be substituted the words “and 27(2)”.

12E+W+SF6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13E+W+SIn section 82(1) of that Act (definitions of expressions used in that Act) the definitions of the following expressions shall be omitted—

  • “contract carriage”;

  • “excursion or tour”;

  • “express carriage” and “express carriage service”;

  • “road service licence”;

  • “stage carriage” and “stage carriage service”; and

  • “trial area”;

and after the definition of “local authority” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“”local service’ has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1985;”.

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