Transport Act 1985

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Existing permit holders must satisfy themselves that they fall within the non-commercial exemption and must be able to provide sufficient evidence to the permit issuer if required. The permit holder must consider whether or not each and every one of its services fits within their non-commercial purposes. fares are set at a level intended to meet running costs (which can include depreciation) but not to generate a profit

Where a designated body has issued a permit to a member group and that group subsequently ceases to be a member, the designated body should exercise its powers to revoke the permit. The group will then need to submit an application for a new permit to the traffic commissioner for consideration, should they wish to continue to operate vehicles. A permit granted to an individual is treated as having been granted to the body which that person represents. Large bus permits The CIC’s memorandum and articles of association may give an indication of whether the CIC is operating with a view to profit. It’s likely that most CICs would not meet the ‘not-for-profit’ requirement, given that a common reason for setting up a CIC is to enable surpluses to be made and reinvested in other activities of benefit to the community.undertakings engaged in road passenger transport services exclusively for non-commercial purposes” (the “exclusively non-commercial purposes exemption”) the vehicle isn’t operated with a view to profit, nor incidentally to an activity which is itself carried on with a view to profit The seatbelt rules for permit vehicles adapted to carry 8 or fewer passengers are the same as for cars. Every occupant must use the seat belt provided, unless they have a valid Certificate of Exemption. Children under 3 can’t travel unless they’re in an appropriate child restraint. 7.5 Disabled Persons In this context ‘occasional’ means the frequency with which services in excess of the automatic short distance occur, rather than that the service does not have fixed stopping places.

An Act to amend the law relating to road passenger transport; to make provision for the transfer of the operations of the National Bus Company to the private sector; to provide for the reorganisation of passenger transport in the public sector; to provide for local and central government financial support for certain passenger transport services and travel concessions; to make further provision with respect to the powers of London Regional Transport; to make new provision with respect to the constitution, powers and proceedings of the Transport Tribunal; to make provision with respect to grants payable under section 92 of the Finance Act 1965; to establish a Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee; and for connected purposes.The value of hearing all the relevant evidence and submissions at public inquiry is long established and traffic commissioners are careful to ensure that each case is dealt with on its own facts. A case that may appear to be very serious from an initial reading of the submission can in fact turn out not to require severe regulatory action once all the evidence has been heard. Conversely, a case that initially appears not to be serious can then in fact require severe regulatory action. share performance data information with local traffic authorities to better understand highway performance; You may be issued with more than one permit and each permit will have a corresponding disc. The permits and discs are not vehicle specific and you may therefore move a disc from one vehicle to another. Each vehicle must display a valid disc when it is being used under the section 19 permit system. You can’t use more than one vehicle at any time under the same permit. Where an operator applies for the period of notice to be abridged and relies on circumstances which could not have been foreseen, the test is not to be applied to the situation as at the date when the application for short notice cancellation is actually made. The test has to be applied at an earlier stage, namely at the date on which the operator would have made the application if he had been able to foresee the events which were not reasonably foreseeable (see 2009/030 Pilkingtons Accrington Ltd trading as King Transport). traffic commissioners should set out fully reasoned decisions as to why a penalty has been imposed.