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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
35Requirements about bus drivers stopping for passengers
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35 Requirements about bus drivers stopping for passengers
(1) A bus driver must stop the bus and drop off a passenger at a bus stop
if the passenger indicates to the driver that the passenger wishes to
get off the bus at the bus stop.
(2) A bus driver must stop the bus and pick up a person at a bus stop if
the person indicates to the driver that the person wishes to get on the
bus at the bus stop.
(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), the bus driver may refuse to stop the
bus or pick up a person if—
(a) the driver would contravene section 37 (Maximum number of
passengers in buses) or section 53 (Inconvenient or dangerous
items in bus) if the driver picked up the person; or
(b) the person is a person mentioned in section 66C (1) (b), (c) or
(d).
(4) This section does not, by implication, require a bus driver to pick up
and drop off passengers only at bus stops.