Regulation 17A Signs on buses carrying childrenF1

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall 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 prescribed sign is fitted to the front of the bus and is plainly visible to road users ahead of the bus, and

(b)

a prescribed 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 where a bus is on a bus service of a description specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Fuel Duty Grant (Eligible Bus Services) Regulations 1985.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)

a reference to a bus carrying a child to or from his school is a reference to a bus carrying a child—

(i)

to, or to a place within the vicinity of, his school on a day during term time before he has attended the school on that day; or

(ii)

from, or from a place within the vicinity of, his school on a day during term time after he has finished attending the school on that day;

(b)

“school” has the meaning given by section 114 of the Education Act 1944; and

(c)

a reference to a child is a reference to a child under the age of 16 years.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 17A inserted (1.4.1995) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2280), regs. 1(2), 6