Transport Act 1978

7 Car-sharing for social and other purposes

(1) For Part II of Schedule 12 to the 1960 Act (which regulates the use of smaller vehicles carrying passengers at separate fares) there shall be substituted the Part II set out in Schedule 1 to this Act (which consists of new or altered provisions as to the number of passengers carried, notices and advertisement, arrangements by local authorities for social purposes, etc.).

(2) In Part V of Schedule 12, at the end of paragraph 13 (advertisements to be disregarded for certain purposes of the Schedule), there shall be added “or

(c) a notice displayed or announcement made in or at any place of work with regard to journeys to be made to or from that place by people who work there, or

(d) a notice displayed or announcement made by a club or other voluntary association which—

(i) relates only to journeys arranged incidentally in connection with activities of the club or association (but they must not be activities directed to the provision of road transport facilities, whether for members of the club or association, or for others), and

(ii) is displayed or made in premises occupied or used by the club or association or contained in any periodical issued by it”.

(3) At any time when a vehicle would, apart from—

(a) section 118 of the 1960 Act (exemption from licensing system of vehicles adapted to carry no more than 7 passengers); or

(b) section 1(1) of the [1977 c. 25.] Minibus Act 1977 (corresponding exemption for 8 to 16-seaters used by educational and other bodies),

be a public service vehicle, it shall continue to be treated as such for the purpose only of provisions contained in a local Act, in section 270 or 271 of and Schedule 5 to the [1892 c. 55.] Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 or in Part II of the [1976 c. 57.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, which regulate the use of private hire vehicles provided for hire with the services of a driver for the purpose of carrying passengers and exclude public service vehicles from the scope of that regulation.