Part 12Disabled persons: transport
Chapter 2Public service vehicles
175Offence of contravening PSV accessibility regulations
(1)
A person commits an offence by—
(a)
contravening a provision of PSV accessibility regulations;
(b)
using on a road a regulated public service vehicle which does not conform with a provision of the regulations with which it is required to conform;
(c)
causing or permitting such a regulated public service vehicle to be used on a road.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(3)
If an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to neglect on the part of, a responsible person, the responsible person as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence.
(4)
In subsection (3) a responsible person, in relation to a body corporate, is—
(a)
a director, manager, secretary or similar officer;
(b)
a person purporting to act in the capacity of a person mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c)
in the case of a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, a member.
(5)
If, in Scotland, an offence committed by a partnership or an unincorporated association is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to neglect on the part of, a partner or person concerned in the management of the association, the partner or person as well as the partnership or association is guilty of the offence.