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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-carrying-capacity-amendment-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/167",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Carrying Capacity) (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-carrying-capacity-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Carrying Capacity) Regulations 1984.\nRegulation 5(1) of the 1984 Regulations prohibits the driving of a public service vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers if the number of seated passengers exceeds the number of seats available for passengers. A child under 5 years who is not occupying a seat does not count as a passenger for the purpose of that provision.\nPreviously three seated children counted as two passengers for the purposes of that provision in all cases. These Regulations amend regulation 5 so that three children count as two passengers only if none of them are occupying a seat provided with a seat belt.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/167/note",
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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."
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