Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2A inserted (E.W) (27.4.2026) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), ss. 33, 41(3)
(1)A reference in this Part to regulated activity relating to children is to be construed in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
(2)For the purposes of this Part, a person drives a public service vehicle for a school service where—
(a)by driving the vehicle the person is engaging in regulated activity relating to children by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(f) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006,
(b)the children using the service are being conveyed between their homes and institutions for providing primary, secondary or further education that they are attending, and
(c)the vehicle is being used in circumstances such that a PSV operator’s licence is required for its use.
(3)In this Part—
(a)“primary education”, “secondary education” and “further education” have the meanings given in the Education Act 1996 (see section 2 of that Act);
(b)“children” means persons who have not attained the age of 18.]