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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
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37 Maximum number of passengers in buses
(a) the person is the accredited operator of a single-decker bus; and
(b) the bus carries more passengers—
(i) seated than the number of passengers permitted to be
carried seated in the bus; or
(ii) standing than the number of passengers permitted to be
carried standing in the bus; or
(iii) whether seated or standing, than the total number of
passengers permitted to be carried in the bus.
(a) the person is the accredited operator of a double-decker bus; and
(b) the bus carries more passengers—
(i) seated on a deck of the bus than the number of passengers
permitted to be carried seated on the deck of the bus; or
(ii) standing on the lower deck of the bus than the number of
passengers permitted to be carried standing in the bus; or
(iii) whether seated or standing than the total number of
passengers permitted to be carried in the bus.
Note Passengers are not allowed to stand on the upper deck of a double-decker
bus, see s 39 (2) (d).
(4) In this section, the number of passengers permitted to be carried in a
particular way in a bus means the number of passengers—
(a) stated in a certificate issued by the manufacturer of the bus as
the appropriate number of passengers to be carried in that way;
or
(b) if the road transport authority approved another number of
passengers to be carried in a particular way—approved to be
carried in that way by the road transport authority.