§ 79A.—(1) If a small bus is being provided for hire with the services of a driver for the purpose of carrying passengers otherwise than at separate fares, it is not to be regarded as a public service vehicle for the purpose of—
- (a) Part II of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, or
- (b) any local Act applying in any area in England and Wales which regulates the use of private hire vehicles provided for hire with the services of a driver for the purpose of carrying passengers and excludes public service vehicles from the scope of that regulation.
§ (2) If a small bus is being made available with a driver to the public for hire for the purpose of carrying passengers otherwise than at separate fares, it is not to be regarded as a public service vehicle for the purpose of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998.
§ (3) But subsection (1) or (2) does not apply where the vehicle is being so provided or made available in the course of a business of carrying passengers by motor vehicles all but a small part of which involves the operation of large buses.
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(4) In this section—
small bus" means a public service vehicle within paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act; and
large buses" means public service vehicles within paragraph (a) of that subsection.
§ (3) In section 167(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (touting for hire car services: defence in case of public service vehicles), for "passengers for public service vehicles" substitute "passengers to be carried at separate fares by public service vehicles".'.—[Mr. Robert Ainsworth.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.