41Accessibility certificates
(1)A regulated public service vehicle shall not be used on a road unless—
(a)a vehicle examiner has issued a certificate (an “accessibility certificate”) that such provisions of the PSV accessibility regulations as may be prescribed are satisfied in respect of the vehicle; or
(b)an approval certificate has been issued under section 42 in respect of the vehicle.
(2)The Secretary of State may make regulations—
(a)with respect to applications for, and the issue of, accessibility certificates;
(b)providing for the examination of vehicles in respect of which applications have been made;
(c)with respect to the issue of copies of accessibility certificates in place of certificates which have been lost or destroyed.
(3)If a regulated public service vehicle is used in contravention of this section, the operator of the vehicle is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(4)In this section “operator” has the same meaning as in the [1981 c. 14.] Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.