Section 101 Power to run public service vehicles.

(1)

A local authority who under any local Act or Order are operating a tramway, light railway, trolley vehicle, or omnibus undertaking, may as part of that undertaking run public service vehicles F1on any road inside or outside their district.

(2)

Nothing in this Act shall authorise a local authority to run any public service vehicle—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(b)

on any road on which they are for the time being prohibited by any local Act or Order from running omnibuses; or

(c)

except with the consent of the authority, on any road vested in a statutory dock authority as such or in a statutory harbour authority as such; or

(d)

except with the consent of the company on any premises (not being part of a F3highwaypublic road) belonging to a railway company and adjoining or giving access to a railway station.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), s. 31(1)(a)
F2: S. 101(2)(a) repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2)(3), Sch. 7 para. 4, Sch. 8
F3: “public road” substituted (S.) for “highway” by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 27(2)

Notes on Part V

Modifications

C1: Pt. V amended by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34), s. 4(8)