Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

PART IPreliminary

Definition and classification of public service vehicles

1Definition of " public service vehicle "

2Classification of public service vehicles as stage, express or contract carriages

Traffic Areas and Traffic Commissioners

4Traffic commissioners

5Appointment and terms of service of traffic commissioners

PART IIGeneral Provisions Relating to Public Service Vehicles

Fitness of public service vehicles

6Certificate of initial fitness (or equivalent) required for use as public service vehicles

7Certifying officers and public service vehicle examiners

8Powers of, and facilities for, inspection of public service vehicles

9Power to prohibit driving of unfit public service vehicles

10Approval of type vehicle and effect thereof

11Modification of section 6 in relation to experimental vehicles

Public service vehicle operators' licences

12PSV operators' licences

13Classification of licences

14Grant of licences

15Duration of licences

16Conditions attached to licences

17Revocation, suspension etc. of licences

18Duty to exhibit operator's disc

19Duty to inform traffic commissioners of relevant convictions etc.

20Duty to give traffic commissioners information about vehicles

21Certificates of qualification

Drivers' licences

22Drivers' licences

23Appeals to courts of summary jurisdiction in connection with drivers' licences

Regulation of conduct etc. of drivers, inspectors, conductors and passengers

24Regulation of conduct of drivers, inspectors and conductors

25Regulation of conduct of passengers

26Control of number of passengers

Supplementary provisions

27Returns to be provided by persons operating public service vehicles

28Wages and conditions of employment of persons employed in connection with public service vehicles

29Avoidance of contracts so far as restrictive of liability in respect of death of or injury to passengers in public service vehicles

PART IIIProvisions Relating to Stage Carriage Services

Road service licences

30Road services licences required for operation of stage carriage services

31Grant of road service licences

32Attachment to road service licences of conditions as to matters other than fares

33Attachment to road service licences of conditions as to fares

34Grant of road service licences for services on routes not otherwise served

35Grant of road service licences for certain excursions or tours

36Revocation and suspension of road service licences

37Duration of road service licences

38Designation of trial areas

39Stage carriage services in trial areas

40Duty to publish particulars of stage carriage services in trial areas

41Relaxation in trial areas of operators' duties to co-operate and exchange information

PART IVModification of Requirements of Parts II and III in Relation to Certain Vehicles and Areas

Use of certain vehicles by educational and other bodies

42Use of certain vehicles by educational and other bodies

43Supplementary provisions as to permits under section 42

44Regulations for purposes of sections 42 and 43

Community bus services

45Community bus services

Fare-paying passengers on school buses

46Fare-paying passengers on school buses

Provisions relating to areas designated as experimental areas

47Designation of experimental areas

48Powers of local authorities in relation to experimental areas

49Travel concessions

PART VMiscellaneous and Supplementary

Appeals to the Secretary of State

50Appeals to the Secretary of State

51Further appeals on points of law

Financial provisions

52Fees for grant of licences etc.

53Payment of expenses

Provisions relating to traffic commissioners etc.

54Procedure of traffic commissioners

55Annual report of traffic commissioners and metropolitan police commissioner

56Records of licences

Supplementary provisions as to licences etc.

57Death, bankruptcy etc. of licence holder

58Partnership and related matters

59Power to make regulations as to procedure on applications for licences etc.

60General power to make regulations for purposes of Act

61Exercise of regulation making powers and parliamentary control thereof

Provisions relating to Metropolitan Traffic Area

62Power of Secretary of State to transfer licensing functions of metropolitan police commissioner to traffic commissioners

63Accounts of metropolitan police commissioner

64Exclusion of certain enactments as respects Metropolitan Traffic Area

Provisions relating to offences and legal proceedings

65Forgery and misuse of documents etc.

66False statements to obtain licence etc.

67Penalty for breach of regulations

68Defences available to persons charged with certain offences

69Restriction on institution in England and Wales of proceedings under Part II or III

70Duty to give information as to identity of driver in certain cases

71Evidence by certificate

72Proof in summary proceedings of identity of driver of vehicle

73Time within which summary proceedings for certain offences must be commenced

74Offences by companies

75Destination of fines

76General power to hold inquiries

77General provisions as to inquiries

Supplementary provisions

78Power of Secretary of State to modify or revoke restrictions in local Acts

79Vehicles excluded from regulation as private hire vehicles

80Construction of references to traffic areas

81Interpretation of references to the operator of a vehicle or service

82General interpretation provisions

83Construction of references in other Acts etc. to public service vehicles, licensing authorities etc.

84Protection of public interests

85Saving for law of nuisance

86Saving for ss. 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978

87Power of Secretary of State to repeal section 10

88Transitional provisions, consequential amendments and repeals

89Short title, commencement and extent

SCHEDULE 1Public Service Vehicles : Conditions Affecting Status or Classification

PART ISharing of Taxis and Hire-Cars

1The making of the agreement for the payment of separate...

2(1) The journey must be made without previous advertisement to...

3The journey must not be made in conjunction with, or...

PART IIParties of Overseas Visitors

4Each of the passengers making the journey must have been...

PART IIIAlternative Conditions Affecting Status or Classification

5Arrangements for the bringing together of all the passengers for...

6The journey must be made without previous advertisement to the...

7All passengers must, in the case of a journey to...

8No differentiation of fares for the journey on the basis...

PART IVSupplementary

9For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 6 above no...

SCHEDULE 2Traffic Commissioners

Terms of service of traffic commissioners

1A traffic commissioner for any traffic area, other than the...

2The Secretary of State may remove a traffic commissioner from...

3If a traffic commissioner acquires a financial interest in a...

Appointment and terms of office of deputies to chairman

4In the case of illness, incapacity or absence of a...

5If the Secretary of State considers that, owing to the...

6A person appointed under paragraph 5 above shall be appointed...

Traffic commissioners' staff

7Subject to the approval of the Minister for the Civil...

Remuneration and pensions

8There shall be paid to the chairman of the traffic...

9There shall be paid to any member, other than the...

10The principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of...

SCHEDULE 3Supplementary Provision as to Qualifications for PSV Operators Licence

1(1) In determining whether an individual is of good repute,...

Appropriate financial standing

2Being of appropriate financial standing in relation to an applicant...

Professional competence

3References in Part II of this Act to professional competence...

4Where an individual is not himself professionally competent, the requirement...

5Where the holder of a PSV operator's licence relies on...

6Subject to paragraph 10 below, an individual shall be regarded...

7In paragraph 6 above " approved body " means—

Persons engaged in road passenger transport before 1st January 1978

8(1) Paragraphs 9 and 10 below apply only to persons...

9(1) An individual or company authorised to engage in the...

10For the purpose of Part II of this Act, an...

SCHEDULE 4Orders Designating Trial Areas

Applications for designation orders

1(1) Not less than 21 days before making an application...

2(1) Before making such an application the local authority concerned...

3Every application for a designation order shall be accompanied by...

Variation or revocation of designation orders

4Before making an application to the Secretary of State for...

5Paragraph 3 above shall apply in relation to an application...

6(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, an order under section...

SCHEDULE 5Authorisations Under Section 48 in Relation to Experimental Areas

General authorisations

1There shall by virtue of this paragraph be attached to...

2(1) A general authorisation shall be granted by resolution of...

3(1) The local authority concerned may by resolution vary a...

Special authorisations

4In deciding whether to grant a special authorisation or whether...

5(1) The local authority granting a special authorisation may attach...

6(1) The local authority concerned— (a) may by notice in...

7A special authorisation shall not be transferable.

Duration of authorisations

8Unless previously revoked, an authorisation shall cease to have effect...

Revocation of authorisations

9The local authority concerned may revoke an authorisation at any...

10(1) Revocation of a general authorisation shall be effected by...

Special authorisations requiring the consent of other local authorities

11Every special authorisation granted with the consent of one or...

12Where an authorisation ceases to have effect or is varied...

13(1) A local authority shall before— (a) passing any resolution...

14For the purposes of paragraph 1(b) above no account shall...

SCHEDULE 6Transitional Provisions and Savings

Periods of time

1Where a period of time specified in an enactment repealed...

Saving for transitional provisions and savings in orders under section 70(5) and (6) of Transport Act 1980

2Where any provision of the Transport Act 1980 which is...

Certificates of initial fitness

3A certificate of fitness issued in respect of a vehicle...

4For the purposes of subsection (1) of section 6 of...

SCHEDULE 7Consequential Amendments

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (c.26)

1In section 4(4) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) . (Scotland) Act 1958 (c.50)

2In section 7(1) of the Local Government (Omnibus and Queue...

Finance Act 1965 (c.25)

3In section 92 of the Finance Act 1965, in the...

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (c.76)

4In section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967—...

5In section 9(8) of that Act for the words "section...

6In sections 15(4) and 33(5) of that Act for the...

7In section 104(1) of that Act for the words "Part...

8In Schedule 5 to that Act, in paragraph 26 in...

Transport Act 1968 (c.73)

9In section 59(1) of the Transport Act 1968 for the...

10In section 159(1) of that Act— (a) in the definition...

Transport (London) Act 1969 (c.35)

11In section 23 of the Transport (London) Act 1969—

Road Traffic Act 1972 (c.20)

12In section 8(8) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 the...

13In section 37(5) of that Act after the words "...

14In sections 44(4), 53(2), 56(1), 58(2), 82, 113(1), 124, 160(4),...

15In section 50(6) of that Act for the words "...

Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c.27)

16In section 4(2)(b) of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act...

17In section 7(1) of that Act— (a) in the definition...

18In Schedule 1 to that Act for the words "...

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c.57)

19In section 63(3)(b) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

20In section 80(1) of that Act, in the definition of...

Energy Act 1976 (c.76)

21In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act...

22In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act for...

Transport Act 1978 (c.55)

23In section 1(2)(a) of the Transport Act 1978 for the...

Transport Act 1980 (c.34)

24In section 43(1) of the Transport Act 1980 for the...

SCHEDULE 8REPEALS

Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981

1981 Chapter 14

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to public passenger vehicles.

[15th April 1981]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—