{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-175",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-175.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/15",
  "legislation_title": "Equality Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010",
  "path": "section/175",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "175",
  "heading": "Offence of contravening PSV accessibility regulations",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence by—\n(a) contravening a provision of PSV accessibility regulations;\n(b) using on a road a regulated public service vehicle which does not conform with a provision of the regulations with which it is required to conform;\n(c) causing or permitting such a regulated public service vehicle to be used on a road.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(3) If an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to neglect on the part of, a responsible person, the responsible person as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence.\n(4) In subsection (3) a responsible person, in relation to a body corporate, is—\n(a) a director, manager, secretary or similar officer;\n(b) a person purporting to act in the capacity of a person mentioned in paragraph (a);\n(c) in the case of a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, a member.\n(5) If, in Scotland, an offence committed by a partnership or an unincorporated association is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to neglect on the part of, a partner or person concerned in the management of the association, the partner or person as well as the partnership or association is guilty of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/175",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:05.794452+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}