Buses (Section 10B Permits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
These Regulations amend the Buses (Section 10B Permits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 by altering the conditions which must be met by a person driving a small bus under a section 10B permit. Following the amendment of section 10A of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 by the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 426, regulation 4 and Schedule 2 paragraph 1) a person who does not hold a full passenger-carrying vehicle driver’s licence may not, after 1st January 1997, drive large buses under such a permit. These provisions together give effect to Article 5.4(a) of Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29th July 1991 on driving licences (O.J. No. L237, 24.8.91, p. 1).