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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) ... an individual shall be regarded as professionally competent for the purposes of Part II of this Act if, and only if,—\n(a) he has demonstrated that he possesses the requiste skills by passing a written examination organised by an approved body and is the holder of a certificate to that effect issued by that body; or\n(b) he is the holder of any other certificate of competence, diploma or other qualification recognised for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State.\n(1A) The approved body may exempt an individual from certain parts of the examination mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) if the individual is the holder of a certificate of competence, diploma or other qualification which covers those parts and which is recognised for the purposes of this sub-paragraph by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The written examination mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) may be supplemented by an oral examination organised by the approved body in the form set out in Annex I to the 2009 Regulation.\n(3) The certificate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) must take the form of the certificate set out in Annex III to that Regulation and must have security features in compliance with Annex II to that Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 6 renumbered as Sch. 3 para. 6(1) (1.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2431, reg. 4(2) (with reg. 6(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(1) omitted (4.12.2011) by virtue of The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(4)(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(a) substituted (1.10.1999) by S.I.1999/2431, reg. 4(1) (with reg. 6(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 6(1A) inserted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(4)(b) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 6(2)(3) inserted (1.10.1999) by S.I. 1999/2431, reg. 4(2) (with reg. 6(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(2) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(4)(c) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(3) substituted (4.12.2011) by The Road Transport Operator Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2632), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(4)(d) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/schedule/3/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:23.739394+00:00"
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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."
}