Amendment of Public Passenger Vehicles Act 19812

1

Section 6 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 M1 (certificate of initial fitness or equivalent required for use as public service vehicles) is amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In subsection (1)—

a

at the beginning insert “ Subject to subsection (1ZA) below, ”;

b

for paragraph (c) substitute—

d

one of the following certificates has effect with respect to the vehicle�??

i

an EC certificate of conformity;

ii

a national small series certificate of conformity;

iii

an individual approval certificate.

3

After subsection (1) insert—

1ZA

In the case of a public service vehicle to which subsection (1ZB) below applies, subsection (1) above has effect as if paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection were omitted.

1ZB

This subsection applies to any public service vehicle which, by virtue of regulation 6 of the Approval Regulations, may not—

a

be granted a first licence under section 21 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 M2, or

b

be registered before the issue of a first licence under that section,

unless one of the certificates mentioned in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) above has effect with respect to the vehicle.

4

At the end insert�??

3

In this section—

  • “Approval Regulations” means the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2009 M3;

  • “EC certificate of conformity”, “national small series certificate of conformity” and “individual approval certificate” have the meaning given by regulation 3(1) of the Approval Regulations.