# The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Regulation 4: Amendment to regulation 17 (signs on buses carrying children)


For regulation 17 of the principal Regulations substitute—
“Signs on buses carrying children
17. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulations 17A(3), 17B(2) and 17C(2) a person shall not use or cause or permit to be used on a road a bus when it is carrying a child to or from his school unless —
(a) a standard sign is fitted to the front of the bus and is plainly visible to road users ahead of the bus; and
(b) a standard sign is fitted to the rear of the bus and is plainly visible to road users behind the bus.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply —
(a) where a bus is on a bus service of a description specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 18 (bus services specified for the purposes of regulation 57(5)) to the Construction and Use Regulations; or
(b) where a bus is the property of an Education and Library Board and is painted in the distinctive livery of that Board.
(3) A standard sign shall be removed while any bus to which it has been fitted is being used for purposes other than carrying a child to or from his school.
(4) This regulation shall cease to have effect on 31st August 2014.
Illuminable signs on buses carrying children
17A. (1) From 1st September 2014, a person shall not use or cause or permit to be used on a road a bus first used before 1st June 2010, which is being used to provide a school service when it is carrying a child to or from his school unless—
(a) an illuminable sign is fitted to the front of the bus and is plainly visible to road users ahead of the bus; and
(b) an illuminable sign is fitted to the rear of the bus and is plainly visible to road users behind the bus,
which both comply with the requirements of Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 22A and are fitted in accordance with the specifications in Schedule 22D.
(2) From 1st September 2014, a person shall not use or cause or permit to be used on a road a bus first used on or after 1st June 2010, which is being used to provide a school service when it is carrying a child to or from his school unless—
(a) an illuminable sign is fitted to the front of the bus and is plainly visible to road users ahead of the bus; and
(b) an illuminable sign is fitted to the rear of the bus and is plainly visible to road users behind the bus,
which both comply with the requirements of Part 2 of Schedule 22A and are fitted in accordance with the specifications in Schedule 22D.
(3) It shall not be a contravention of regulation 17(1) for a person to cause or permit to be used on a road a bus used to provide a school service where the illuminable signs specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) are fitted to a bus prior to 1st September 2014.
Warning lights
17B. (1) From 1st September 2014, a person shall not use or cause or permit to be used on a road a bus which is being used to provide a school service when it is carrying a child to or from his school unless—
(a) warning lights are fitted to the front of the bus and are plainly visible to road users ahead of the bus; and
(b) warning lights are fitted to the rear of the bus and are plainly visible to road users behind the bus,
and are fitted in accordance with the specifications in Schedule 22D.
(2) It shall not be a contravention of regulation 17(1) for a person to cause or permit to be used on a road, a bus which is fitted with warning lights referred to in paragraph (1) prior to 1st September 2014.
Roof bar
17C. (1) From 1st September 2014, in the case of a small bus where it is not practicable to fit illuminable signs, a person shall not use or cause or permit to be used on a road a small bus which is being used to provide a school service when it is carrying a child to or from his school, unless a roof bar is fitted so that it shall be plainly visible to road users ahead of and behind the bus, and is fitted in accordance with the specifications in Schedule 22D.
(2) It shall not be a contravention of regulation 17(1) for a person to cause or permit to be used on a road, a small bus which is fitted with a roof bar referred to in paragraph (1) prior to 1st September 2014.
Switches
17D. A bus used to provide a school service shall be so constructed that each illuminable sign, warning light and roof bar with which the vehicle is fitted, is capable of being operated by a switch which complies with the requirements of Schedule 22E.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/49/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-4
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