269Maximum number of passengers in demand responsive

269 Maximum number of passengers in demand responsive (2) A DRS vehicle driver must not, at any time— (a) carry in the bus more passengers, whether seated or standing, that the total number of passengers permitted to be carried in the bus; or (b) carry in the bus more passengers seated than the number of passengers permitted to be carried seated in the bus; or (c) carry in the bus more passengers standing than the number of passengers permitted to be carried standing in the bus. (4) For subsection (2), in working out the number of passengers being carried, the following people are not to be taken into account: (a) any child apparently under 5 years old who is being carried on the lap of a seated passenger; (b) every 3rd child, whether seated or standing, who is apparently under 12 years old unless the child is seated on a seat designed (either by way of fixed armrests or seating contours for individual passengers) so that it is impracticable for the seat to be used by more than the number of passengers for which it is designed. (5) The number of passengers who are permitted to be carried seated, or are permitted to be carried standing, in the bus is— (a) if the bus is registered under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999—the number notified (or last notified) to the authorised operator by the road transport authority; or (b) if the bus is registered under the law of another jurisdiction that corresponds to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999—the number permitted to be carried by the bus under that law.