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Schedule 1 | Section 2 |
Passenger services operated by or under the control of any area health board, local authority, or incorporated charitable organisation where—
(a) The vehicles used are private motorcars driven by volunteers; and
(b) The only payments made in respect of provision of the service are for reimbursement of operating costs.
Transport provided in motor vehicles that are designed or adapted to carry 12 or fewer persons (including the driver) by persons providing home or community support services, where—
(a) the transport is provided to clients as an incidental part of the service; and
(b) a fee or fare is not required of the client for the provision of transport.
Passenger services carried on by means of motorcars in which persons are carried to or from their place of employment or business pursuant to a cost-sharing arrangement between occupants of the vehicle.
Transport services—
(a) carried on exclusively for the purpose of providing relief or assistance during a state of emergency declared under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 where—
(i) the service has been requested or ordered by a Controller under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002; and
(ii) the service is under the control of that Controller:
(b) Carried on exclusively for the purpose of performing any public service or providing assistance to the civil power in time of emergency within the meaning of section 9 of the Defence Act 1990:
(c) Carried on by any part or member of the Armed Forces on active service within the meaning of section 44 of the Defence Act 1990:
(d) Carried on exclusively for the purpose of undertaking a class 3 search and rescue operation where—
(i) The service has been requested by a Rescue Co-ordination Centre; and
(ii) The service is under the control of that Centre:
(e) Carried on exclusively for the purpose of providing relief or assistance during a pollution emergency that is being dealt with under the Marine Pollution Act 1974.
Any service to the extent only that it uses vehicles specified as exempt in Part 2 of this Schedule.
Any passenger service where
(a) The vehicle used is a large passenger service vehicle hired from a person who holds both a passenger service licence and a rental service licence; and
(b) The only payments made in respect of the hire of the large passenger service vehicle to the person who hires the vehicle are payments reimbursing that person for the costs of hiring and operating the vehicle.
Where a large passenger service vehicle is used in such circumstances, the vehicle shall be deemed to be operating under the licensee's passenger service licence.
Any service that is specified as an exempt service by regulations made under this Act.
Clause 1A was inserted, as from 22 June 2005, by section 95(5) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77). See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.
Clause 3 was substituted, as from 1 April 1993, by section 27(1) Transport Licensing (Amendment Act, No 3) 1992 (1992 No 109).
Paragraph (a) was substituted, as from 1 December 2002, by section 117 Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 (2002 No 33). See sections 118 to 121 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.
Clause 4A was inserted, as from 1 April 1993, by section 27(2) Transport Licensing (Amendment Act, No 3) 1992 (1992 No 109).
Vehicles running on self laying tracks or rollers.
Item 1 was amended, as from 1 March 1999, by section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 (1998 No 110), by inserting the words “self laying”
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Vehicles that operate solely on or in areas to which the public does not have access as of right. A vehicle shall not cease to be an exempt vehicle under this clause by reason only of the fact that it is being used on a road in connection with its inspection, servicing, or repair, or for the purpose of a practicable driving test required by or under any enactment.
Vehicles used as places of abode to the extent that they are not used in a rental service.
Vehicles listed as farm vehicles in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Motor Spirits Duty Refund Regulations 1978, or in any provisions made in substitution for that Schedule.
Tractors (being motor vehicles designed principally for traction at speeds not exceeding 50 kilometres an hour and not being vehicles fitted with self-laying tracks or a traction engine).
Forklifts (being motor vehicles designed principally for lifting and stacking goods by means of 1 or more forks, tines, platens, or clamps, and not being vehicles fitted with self-laying tracks).
Hearses.
Traction engines (as defined in section 2 of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986).
Any vehicle that is specified as an exempt vehicle by regulations made under this Act.
