Regulation 17 Signs on buses carrying childrenF1
Northern Ireland
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 standard sign is fitted to the front of the bus and is plainly visible to road users ahead of the bus; and
a standard sign is fitted to the rear of the bus and is plainly visible to road users behind the bus.
Paragraph (1) does not apply—
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
where a bus is the property of an Education and Library Board and is painted in the distinctive livery of that Board.
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.
This regulation shall cease to have effect on 31st August 2014.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 17-17D substituted for reg. 17 (24.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/49), regs. 1(1), 4