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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-traffic-regulation-conditions-england-and-wales-regulations-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2682",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Vehicles (Traffic Regulation Conditions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-vehicles-traffic-regulation-conditions-england-and-wales-regulations-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations consolidate, with amendments, for England and Wales only the Regulations referred to in regulation 2.\nSections 7 to 9 of the Transport Act 1985 provide for the determination and application of traffic regulation conditions which relate to local services subject to registration under the Act. The provisions made by these Regulations relate to—\n(a) purposes, additional to those set out in section 7(6) of the Act, for which such conditions may be made (regulation 4);\n(b) the publication of notices regarding conditions by the traffic commissioners (regulation 5);\n(c) the period in which requests for inquiries must be made to traffic commissioners (regulation 6);\n(d) appeals to the Secretary of State (regulation 7); and\n(e) supplementary provision regarding requirements for writing and delivery and the computation of periods of time (regulations 8 and 9).\nThe amendments made by these Regulations are in regulations 4(c) and 4(d), which allow traffic commissioners to determine traffic regulations conditions for the purposes of regulating the emission levels of vehicles that provide local bus services and of regulating the noise pollution levels created by loudspeaker systems or other public address systems used in those vehicles.\nA full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business is available from the Buses and Taxis Division of the Department for Transport, Zone 3/13, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2682/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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