{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minibus-and-other-section-19-permit-buses-regulations-1987/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minibus-and-other-section-19-permit-buses-regulations-1987/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1230",
  "legislation_title": "The Minibus and Other Section 19 Permit Buses Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minibus-and-other-section-19-permit-buses-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Form of permits",
  "text": "(1) Every permit in relation to the use of a large bus or a small bus —\n(a) shall specify —\n(i) the traffic commissioner or other body by whom it was granted and the date on which it was granted;\n(ii) the body to whom it was granted;\n(iii) its number; and\n(iv) whether it authorises the use of a small or large bus; and\n(b) shall describe —\n(i) the conditions to be complied with when a vehicle is used under the permit; and\n(ii) the classes of persons who may be carried in the vehicle as passengers when it is being used under the permit by means of the following letter code: Class A Members of the body holding the permit; Class B Persons whom the body exists to benefit, and persons assisting them; Class C Persons who are physically or mentally handicapped or seriously ill, and persons assisting them; Class D Pupils or students of any school, college, university or other educational establishment, and staff or other helpers accompanying them; Class E Other class of persons specified in the permit.\n(2) The conditions mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(i) of this regulation shall include —\n(a) the requirements of regulations 3 (conditions to be fulfilled by the driver), and 6(4) (display of the disc);\n(b) the conditions of fitness for use of a small or large bus (as appropriate); and\n(c) such other conditions as the traffic commissioner or other body issuing the permit may attach under section 20(4) of the 1985 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1230/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:23:46.259278+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."
}