The A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) (Bus Lanes) Traffic Order 1994

Exemptions in other circumstances

8.—(1) A person who causes or permits a vehicle to enter or proceed in a bus lane shall not contravene article 5 if he does so for the sole purpose of enabling a person suffering from any disability or injury (including blindness) which seriously impairs his ability to walk, to board or alight from that vehicle and the vehicle does not remain in the bus lane for longer than necessary for that purpose.

(2) A person who causes or permits a vehicle to enter or proceed in a bus lane shall not contravene article 5 if he does so–

(a) in order to prevent an accident and the vehicle then leaves the bus lane as soon as practicable;

(b) because he is required by law to stop and the vehicle then leaves the bus lane as soon as practicable;

(c) in order to deliver postal packets addressed to premises adjacent to the bus lane; or

(d) in order to collect postal packets from such premises or post office letter boxes adjacent to the bus lane.

(3) Article 5 of this Order does not apply to anything done–

(a) with the permission or at the direction of a constable in uniform or of a traffic warden, or

(b) in accordance with any indication given by a traffic sign which has been placed pursuant to section 66 or 67 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.