Road Traffic Act 1960

PART V Supplementary

13 For the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 9 of this Schedule no account shall be taken of any such advertisement as follows, that is to say,—

(a) a notice displayed or announcement made at or in any place of worship in the manner in which notices or announcements for the information of persons attending that place of worship are normally displayed or made, or

(b) a notice displayed in any periodical published for the information of persons who attend a particular place of worship or a place of worship in a particular place, and circulating wholly or mainly among persons who attend or might reasonably be expected to attend there.

14 (1) A vehicle adapted to carry eight or more passengers shall not be treated as having been used in circumstances in which the conditions set out in Part III or Part IV of this Schedule were fulfilled unless, within such time as may be prescribed, the holder of the public service vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle makes, or causes to be made, a record in such form as may be prescribed containing such particulars, other than particulars of fares or prices, relating to the journey and the circumstances in which it was arranged as may be prescribed.

(2) A vehicle adapted to carry eight or more passengers shall not be treated as being used as aforesaid unless the driver of the vehicle carries a work ticket in such form and containing such particulars as may be prescribed, being particulars appearing to the Minister requisite for enabling records made under the last foregoing sub-paragraph to be traced and identified.

(3) The driver of a vehicle shall, on demand by a police constable in uniform or by a person authorised by the traffic commissioners, on production if so required of that person's authority, produce a work ticket carried by him under this paragraph for inspection by the constable or person authorised; and if the driver fails so to do he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

(4) The holder of a public service vehicle licence who has made or caused to be made such a record as aforesaid shall preserve it for a period of six months from the date on which it is made and shall, if required so to do at any time during that period, produce it for inspection by a person authorised by the traffic comrnissioners, on production if so required of that person's authority, and if he fails so to preserve or produce it he shall be liable on summary conviction to such punishment as is specified in the last foregoing sub-paragraph.

15 In this Schedule " owner ", in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire-purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement.