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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-transport-international-passenger-services-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348264760",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-road-transport-international-passenger-services-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972",
  "text": "(1) The Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 is amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 1 (provisions conferring functions on examiners)—\n(a) omit the entry relating to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009;\n(b) after the entry relating to Article 20 of the Interbus Agreement, insert—\n“\nArticle 8(9) of the Protocol to the Interbus Agreement regarding the international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus (“the RSR Protocol”)\nTo require the presentation of the contract, or equivalent document, which is required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles, where the vehicles are additional vehicles used by the operator.\nArticle 15 of the RSR Protocol\nTo require the presentation of the authorisation or certified true copy, the licence or certified true copy, or the other control documents, which are required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.\nArticle 477(8) of Title II of Heading Three of Part Two (transport of passengers by road) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (as defined in section 37(1) of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020) (“the RPT Chapter”)\nTo require the presentation of the contract, or equivalent document, which is required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles, where the vehicles are additional vehicles used by the operator.\nArticle 483 of the RPT Chapter\nTo require the presentation of the authorisation or certified true copy, the licence or certified true copy, or the other control documents, which are required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.\n”.\n(3) In Schedule 2 (provisions relating to vehicles and their drivers)—\n(a) omit the entry relating to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009;\n(b) omit the entry relating to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009;\n(c) after the entry relating to regulation 4 of the Goods Vehicles (Community Licences) Regulations 2011, insert—\n“\nArticle 18 of the Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (“the Interbus Agreement”)\nTo require the presentation of certain control documents and authorisations, which are required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.\nArticle 20 of the Interbus Agreement\nTo require the presentation of a certified true copy of a licence to perform carriage by means of certain international occasional services, which is required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.\nArticle 8(9) of the Protocol to the Interbus Agreement regarding the international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus (“the RSR Protocol”)\nTo require the presentation of the contract, or equivalent document, which is required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles, where the vehicles are additional vehicles used by the operator.\nArticle 15 of the RSR Protocol\nTo require the presentation of the authorisation or certified true copy, the licence or certified true copy, or the other control documents, which are required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.\nArticle 477(8) of Title II of Heading Three of Part Two (transport of passengers by road) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (as defined in section 37(1) of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020) (“the RPT Chapter”)\nTo require the presentation of the contract, or equivalent document, which is required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles, where the vehicles are additional vehicles used by the operator.\nArticle 483 of the RPT Chapter\nTo require the presentation of the authorisation or certified true copy, the licence or certified true copy, or the other control documents, which are required to be kept on board certain passenger vehicles.\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2011/2633 and 2634 and S.I. 2018/1395. There are other amendments, but none are relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 2011/2633 and S.I. 2018/1395. Other amendments were made, but none are relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:40:24.641156+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}