Regulation 31

Regulation 47 (Traffic Act Part IV: prescribed classes of goods and passenger-carrying vehicle) shall be amended as follows.

For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—

“(2)

Part IV of the Traffic Act and regulations 51 to 54 shall not apply to a passenger-carrying vehicle manufactured more than 30 years before the date when it is driven and not used for hire or reward or for the carriage of more than 8 passengers.

(2A)

Part IV of the Traffic Act and regulations 51 to 54 shall not apply to a passenger-carrying vehicle when it is being driven by a constable for the purpose of removing or avoiding obstruction to other road users or other members of the public, for the purpose of protecting life or property (including the passenger-carrying vehicle and its passengers) or for other similar purposes.”.

In paragraph (3), after “117(7)”, there shall be inserted “and 117A(6)”.