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Article 3 Bus Lane Controls

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(1)

Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this article, and subject to the provisions of article 4, no person shall cause a vehicle to enter or proceed in any bus lane in a length of road, specified in column (2) in an item in the table in the Schedule to this Order during the hours specified in that item in column (3) of that table.

(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 1994f1; or

(c)

a pedal cycle.

(3)

In this article—

(a)

“bus” means:—

before 1st 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 work bus;

  • after 31st December 1996

    1. (i)

      a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver), and

    2. (ii)

      a local bus not so constructed or adapted; and

  • at any time a vehicle which

    1. (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

    2. (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 carriage”, “school bus”, and “work bus” have the meanings given to those expressions in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1994/1519.

f2

S.I. 1994/1519.