# The A41 Trunk Road (Westminster) Red Route (Bus Lane) Experimental Traffic Order 1995, Article 3: Bus Lane Controls


(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this article or in article 4, and subject to the provisions of article 4, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter or proceed in any bus lane specified in the schedule to this Order at any time.
(2) The controls specified in paragraph (1) of this article do not apply in respect of:-
(a) a bus;
(b) a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869; 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 works bus;
after 31st 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
(iii) a vehicle which 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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3167/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/a41-trunk-road-westminster-red-route-bus-lane-experimental-traffic-order-1995/article-3
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