Colour of light shown by lamps and reflectors (including reflectors on rear markings and signs on buses carrying children)
6. After regulation 17, there shall be inserted—
“Signs on buses carrying children
17A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road a bus when it is carrying a child to or from his school unless—
(a)a prescribed sign is fitted to the front of the bus and is plainly visible to road users ahead of the bus, and
(b)a prescribed sign is fitted to the rear of the bus and is plainly visible to road users behind the bus.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where a bus is on a bus service of a description specified in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Fuel Duty Grant (Eligible Bus Services) Regulations 1985(1).
(3) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a)a reference to a bus carrying a child to or from his school is a reference to a bus carrying a child—
(i)to, or to a place within the vicinity of, his school on a day during term time before he has attended the school on that day; or
(ii)from, or from a place within the vicinity of, his school on a day during term time after he has finished attending the school on that day;
(b)“school” has the meaning given by section 114 of the Education Act 1944(2); and
(c)a reference to a child is a reference to a child under the age of 16 years.”