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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minibus-and-other-section-19-permit-buses-amendment-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3088",
  "legislation_title": "The Minibus and Other Section 19 Permit Buses (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minibus-and-other-section-19-permit-buses-amendment-regulations-1996",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Minibus and Other Section 19 Permit Buses Regulations 1987 by altering the conditions which must be met by a person driving a small bus under a section 19 permit. Following the amendment of section 18 of the Transport Act 1985 by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 a person who does not hold a full passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence may not, after 1st January 1997, drive large buses under such a permit. These provisions together give effect to Article 5.4(a) of Council Directive 91/439/EEC (OJ No. L237, 24.8.91, p.1).\nA driver of a small bus under a permit 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, he must fulfil two additional conditions, namely that the licence must have been held for at least two years in aggregate and he must not receive any payment for driving other than out-of-pocket expenses.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3088/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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