The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) Regulations 1990

[F1 Duties concerning kneeling systems etc towards disabled persons using Schedule 2 or 3 vehicles E+W+S

13.— (1) This regulation (subject to regulations 15 (effects of faulty or malfunctioning equipment) and 17 (extent of driver’s and conductor’s duty)) applies in relation to a driver and to a conductor of a Schedule 2 and 3 vehicle where that vehicle is equipped with—

(a) a kneeling system, or

(b) a folding or retractable step.

(2) A driver and a conductor shall operate the kneeling system or the folding or retractable step—

(a) whenever they consider that a disabled person will need the system to be operated or the step to be deployed, or

(b) if requested to do so,

for the purpose of enabling that person to board or to alight from the vehicle, and in such a manner that the distance between the vehicle and the ground or the vehicle and the kerb is the minimum that is reasonably practicable.

(3) “Kneeling system” means any system which enables the bodywork of the vehicle to be lowered relative to its normal height of travel and a “folding or retractable step” means a step which can either fold or retract and which meets the requirements applicable to external steps pursuant to paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 (as the case may be).

(4) A driver and a conductor shall ensure that disabled persons who are not wheelchair users may, when boarding or alighting from the vehicle, use an entrance or an exit which is provided in compliance with (as the case may be) the provisions of either Schedule 2 or Schedule 3.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 4 inserted (1.10.2002) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1724), regs. 1, 6