Regulation 19 Penalty for contravention of ASOR, the Council Regulations or the Commission Regulation
A person is guilty of an offence under this Regulation if without reasonable excuse, he uses a vehicle for Community regulated carriage of passengers by road or causes or permits such a vehicle to be used—
to provide a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in Article 1 of Council Regulation No. 117/66 (that is to say, a regular service or a special regular service as defined in that Article), not being, in either such case, a service such as is mentioned in Article 6 of that Regulation, otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of an authorisation issued under Article 2 of Council Regulation No. 517/72; or
to provide a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in Article 2 of Council Regulation No. 117/66 (that is to say, a shuttle service as defined in that Article), not being a service such as is mentioned in Article 6 of that Regulation, otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of an authorisation issued under Article 2 of Council Regulation No. 516/72; or
to provide a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in Article 6 of Council Regulation No. 117/66 (that is to say, a service provided by an undertaking for its own workers in relation to which the conditions mentioned in paragraph 1(a) and (b) of that Article are fulfilled) without there being in force in relation to the service a certificate issued under Article 1 of Commission Regulation No. 1016/68.
A person shall be guilty of an offence under this Regulation if, without reasonable excuse, he uses a vehicle for ASOR regulated or Community regulated carriage by road, or causes or permits a vehicle to be so used, to provide a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in paragraph 1 of, Article 2 of ASOR or Article 3 of Council Regulation No. 117/66 when there is not duly and correctly completed for the vehicle a passenger waybill, or when the top copy of the passenger way bill is not kept on the vehicle throughout the journey to which it refers, as required, in the case of a vehicle being used for ASOR regulated carriage, by Articles 7 and 8 of ASOR and, in the case of a vehicle being used for Community regulated carriage, by Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation No. 1016/68.
A person guilty of an offence under this Regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.