Regulation 8 Permits

(1)

A permit granted on or after 6th April 2009 must be granted for a period not exceeding five years.

(2)

Such a permit must contain—

(a)

the expiry date of the permit;

(b)

an indication that, in the case of a permit granted by a traffic commissioner, it was so granted;

(c)

the identity of the designated body that granted the permit, in a case where it was granted by such a body;

(d)

the name of the body to whom the permit was granted;

(e)

the date on which the permit was granted;

(f)

the serial number of the permit;

(g)

an indication as to whether the permit is—

(i)

a large bus permit; or

(ii)

a standard permit;

(h)

details of any conditions attached to the permit under section 19(7) or 20(4) of the 1985 Act; and

(i)

an indication of the classes of persons set out in column 2 of the table who may be carried in a vehicle when it is being used under the permit, by reference to the corresponding letter code in column 1.

Table

1	2
A	Members of the body holding the permit.
B	Persons whom the body exists to benefit, and persons assisting them.
C	Disabled persons or persons who are seriously ill, and persons assisting them.
D	Pupils or students of any school, college, university or other educational establishment and staff or other helpers accompanying them.
E	Persons living within a geographically defined local community, or group of such communities, whose public transport needs are not met other than by virtue of services provided by the body holding the permit.
F	Any other class of persons specified in the permit.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation, “disabled person” has the meaning given in section 1 of and Schedule 1 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1995 c.50, amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (c.13) sections 18 and 19, Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 36 and Schedule 2. There are other amendments but none is relevant.