Prohibition on stopping5
1
Save as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), and subject to regulation 7, a person shall not cause or permit a bus to stop or remain at rest on a busway.
2
The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not render it unlawful for any person to cause or permit a bus to stop on a busway—
a
because of a breakdown or mechanical defect or lack of fuel, oil or water required for the bus; or
b
because of an accident, illness or any other emergency; or
c
to permit any person carried in or on the bus to recover or move any object situated on the busway; or
d
where it is prevented from proceeding along the busway by the presence of any other bus, a person or object.
3
The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a bus stopping within the limits of a bus stop in a lay-by or a bus stop as delineated by markings on the carriageway.