SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Amendments Consequential on the Abolition of Road Service Licensing

The M1Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

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In 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.”.

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

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F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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In 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)”.

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F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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In 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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F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .