http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/29CPublic Passenger Vehicles Act 1981An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to public passenger vehicles.1981-08-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-05Expert Participation2026-04-27 Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981s. 51(1A)(1B)Transport Act 1982s. 21(4)(b)s. 76(2)Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981s. 24(1A)Bus Services Act 2025s. 27(2)s. 41(5)Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981s. 24(4)(4A)Bus Services Act 2025s. 27(3)s. 41(5) Part 2A29C1A 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 2006.2For the purposes of this Part, a person drives a public service vehicle for a school service where—aby 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,bthe children using the service are being conveyed between their homes and institutions for providing primary, secondary or further education that they are attending, andcthe vehicle is being used in circumstances such that a PSV operator’s licence is required for its use.3In 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.Pt. 2A inserted (E.W) (27.4.2026) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), ss. 33, 41(3)