Q 1 live in a small village some 'NC. 8 miles
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.from a country town. Four of the village children go to school in the town and at present are taken by taxi. If Iprovideda minibus then the children and other people wishing to go to town would benefit. Do you think I could get a licence to run this .service?
A You might not need a formal road service licence for the Traffic Commissioners can grant a permit for the use of a vehicle with less than 12 seats as a stage carriage or for a vehicle of any size used as a school bus to act as an express or stage carriage.
Before such a permit is granted, however, the Commissioners will need to be satisfied that there are no other transport facilities available to meet the needs of the proposed service and, in the case of the school bus, that the education authority agrees. Only seating not needed, or likely to be needed, by the school children can be allocated to other passengers.
The Traffic Commissioners can attach conditions to the issue of a permit which might include conditions to ensure that the fares to be charged are not unreasonable and that copies of the timetable and the • fares are displayed on the vehicle. They may also make conditions about the places where passengers may be picked up or set down.