Paragraph 9 SeatsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
No seat shall be fitted to any door of a minibus.
Every seat and every wheelchair anchorage fitted to a minibus shall be fixed to the vehicle.
No seat, other than a wheelchair, fitted to a minibus shall be less than 400 mm wide, and in ascertaining the width of a seat no account shall be taken of any arm-rests, whether or not they are folded back or otherwise put out of use.
No minibus shall be fitted with an anchorage for a wheelchair in such a manner that a wheelchair secured to the anchorage would face either side of the vehicle.
No minibus shall be fitted with a seat—
facing either side of the vehicle and immediately forward of a rear door unless the seat is fitted with an arm-rest or similar device to guard against a passenger on that seat falling through the doorway; or
so placed that a passenger on it would, without protection, be liable to be thrown through any doorway which is provided with a power-operated door or down any steps, unless the vehicle is fitted with a screen or guard which affords adequate protection against that occurrence.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 6 para. 9 in force at 11.8.1986, see reg. 1