# The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989, Regulation 17A: Signs on buses carrying children


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/regulation/17A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-lighting-regulations-1989/regulation-17A
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