Bus lane controls
3.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this article, and subject to the provisions of article 4, between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays (inclusive) no person shall cause any vehicle to enter or proceed in any bus lane specified in the schedule to this Order.
(2) The controls specified in paragraph (1) of this article do not apply in respect of:—
(a)a bus;
(b)a taxi as defined in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994(1);
(c)a pedal cycle.
(3) In this article—
(a)“bus” means:—
before 1 January 1997
(i)a public service vehicle used for the provision of a local service or a scheduled express service,
(ii)a school bus, and
(iii)a works bus;
after 31 December 1996
(i)a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver), and
(ii)a local bus not so constructed or adapted; and
at any time a vehicle which
(i)is constructed or adapted for the carriage of disabled persons and their companions, and which is being used to provide a service for the carriage of such persons, and
(ii)displays so as to be conspicuous from outside the vehicle a disc in a form approved by or with the authority of the Traffic Director for London and containing the words DIAL-A-RIDE;
(b)“bus lane” means an area of the carriageway of a road marked with the traffic signs shown in diagrams 1048 and 1049 in schedule 6 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994; and
(c)“local bus”, “local service”, “pedal cycle”, “scheduled express service”, “school bus”, and “works bus” have the meanings given to those expressions in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994.
S.I. 1994/1519.