{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Classification of licences.",
  "text": "(1) A PSV operator’s licence may be either a standard licence or a restricted licence.\n(2) A standard licence authorises the use of any description of public service vehicle and may authorise use either—\n(a) on both national and international operations; or\n(b) on national operations only.\n(3) A restricted licence authorises the use (whether on national or international operations) of—\n(a) public service vehicles not adapted to carry more than eight passengers; and\n(b) public service vehicles not adapted to carry more than sixteen passengers when used—\n(ii) otherwise than in the course of a business of carrying passengers; or\n(ii) by a person whose main occupation is not the operation of public service vehicles adapted to carry more than eight passengers.\n(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(b)(i) above, a vehicle used for carrying passengers by a local or public authority shall not be regarded as used in the course of a business of carrying passengers unless it is used by the public service vehicle undertaking of that authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:23.739394+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."
}