The Public Service Vehicles (Operators' Licences) Regulations 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 2908

PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT

The Public Service Vehicles (Operators' Licences) Regulations 1995

Made

11th November 1995

Laid before Parliament

21st November 1995

Coming into force

1st January 1996

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14A(2), 16(1A), (3) and (4), 18(1) and (3), 49A(2) and (3), 57(3), 59, 60, 81(1) and 82(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1) (“the 1981 Act”) and section 27(1) and (3) of the Transport Act 1985(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of the 1981 Act and with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(3), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

(1)

1981 c. 14; sections 14(3A) and (5) were inserted respectively by section 59(2) and (3) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 4) (“the 1994 Act”); section 14A was inserted by section 25 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) (“the 1985 Act”); section 14A(2A) was inserted by section 60 of the 1994 Act; section 15 was amended by section 61 of the 1994 Act; section 16(1A) was inserted by section 24(1) of the 1985 Act; section 16(3) was amended by Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(7) (b) to the 1985 Act; section 16(6) was amended by section 59(4) of the 1994 Act and sections 16(6A) and (6B) inserted by section 59(5) of that Act; section 17(2)(b) was amended by section 62(2) of the 1994 Act and section 17(5A) and (5B) were inserted by section 62(3) of that Act; section 18(2) and (3) were amended and sections 18(2A), (2B) and (2C) inserted by section 63 to the 1994 Act; section 27 was repealed by section 64 of the 1994 Act; sections 49A, 50(4A) and 56A were inserted by section 65 of the 1994 Act; section 52(1) was amended by Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(14) to the 1985 Act; section 52(2) was amended by and sections 52(2A) to (2F) were inserted by section 66 of the 1994 Act; section 60(1) was amended by section 134(1) of, Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 4(18), Schedule 7, paragraph 21(9) and Schedule 8 to the 1985 Act; other minor and consequential amendments to sections 14, 16, and 18 are made by section 68 of and Schedule 14 to the 1994 Act.

(2)

1985 c. 67; sections 18 and 23 were amended by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22), sections 7 and 16 and Schedule 3 paragraphs 4, 5 and 6; section 28 was amended by the 1994 Act, section 67.

(3)

1992 c. 53.