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Section 175: Offence of contravening PSV accessibility regulations

Equality Act 2010 · 2010 c. 15View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 12: Disabled persons: transport — Chapter 2: Public service vehicles

A person commits an offence by—

contravening a provision of PSV accessibility regulations;
using on a road a regulated public service vehicle which does not conform with a provision of the regulations with which it is required to conform;
causing or permitting such a regulated public service vehicle to be used on a road.

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

If an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to neglect on the part of, a responsible person, the responsible person as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence.

In subsection (3) a responsible person, in relation to a body corporate, is—

a director, manager, secretary or similar officer;
a person purporting to act in the capacity of a person mentioned in paragraph (a);
in the case of a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, a member.

If, in Scotland, an offence committed by a partnership or an unincorporated association is committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to neglect on the part of, a partner or person concerned in the management of the association, the partner or person as well as the partnership or association is guilty of the offence.

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