{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/section-19-permit-regulations-2009/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/section-19-permit-regulations-2009/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/365",
  "legislation_title": "The Section 19 Permit Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/section-19-permit-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Permits",
  "text": "(1) A permit granted on or after 6th April 2009 must be granted for a period not exceeding five years.\n(2) Such a permit must contain—\n(a) the expiry date of the permit;\n(b) an indication that, in the case of a permit granted by a traffic commissioner, it was so granted;\n(c) the identity of the designated body that granted the permit, in a case where it was granted by such a body;\n(d) the name of the body to whom the permit was granted;\n(e) the date on which the permit was granted;\n(f) the serial number of the permit;\n(g) an indication as to whether the permit is—\n(i) a large bus permit; or\n(ii) a standard permit;\n(h) details of any conditions attached to the permit under section 19(7) or 20(4) of the 1985 Act; and\n(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.\nTable\n1\n2\nA\nMembers of the body holding the permit.\nB\nPersons whom the body exists to benefit, and persons assisting them.\nC\nDisabled persons or persons who are seriously ill, and persons assisting them.\nD\nPupils or students of any school, college, university or other educational establishment and staff or other helpers accompanying them.\nE\nPersons 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.\nF\nAny other class of persons specified in the permit.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/365/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:28.877083+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}