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Section 29 Avoidance of contracts so far as restrictive of liability in respect of death of or injury to passengers in public service vehicles.

England, Wales and Scotland

A contract for the conveyance of a passenger in a public service vehicle shall, so far as it purports to negative or to restrict the liability of a person in respect of a claim which may be made against him in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, the passenger while being carried in, entering or alighting from the vehicle, or purports to impose any conditions with respect to the enforcement of any such liability, be void.

F1This section does not apply to anything that is governed by Article 6 of the 2011 Regulation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 29 inserted (19.8.2013) by The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1865), regs. 1(1), 13(1)(a)

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1

Pt. II (ss. 6–29) amended by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52, SIF 107:1), s. 187(3)