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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-bus-amendment-regulations-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-bus-amendment-regulations-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3087",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Bus (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-bus-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Community Bus Regulations 1986 by altering the driving licence requirements which must be met by a person driving a bus under a community bus permit. The amendment gives effect to Article 5.4(a) of Council Directive 91/439/EEC (OJ No. L237, 24.8.91, p. 1).\nA driver who does not hold a full licence to drive a passenger-carrying vehicle must be 21 or over and hold either a full British driving licence, a full Northern Ireland licence or an equivalent licence issued by a state or territory within the European Economic Area which authorises the driving of motor cars. If, however, he did not hold a full British licence before 1st January 1997, the licence must have been held for at least two years in aggregate.\nOther requirements are unchanged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3087/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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