Regulation 58
Authority may allow omnibuses, private hire buses, private buses and excursion buses to be used for certain purposes
of Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules
Subregulation 1
The Authority may —
upon an application made by the holder of an omnibus licence (called in this sub‑paragraph the omnibus licensee) issued under Part IV, permit the omnibus licensee to use the omnibus licensee’s omnibus as an excursion bus, a private hire bus or a private bus, despite that the omnibus licensee has not been issued with an excursion bus licence under Part V, a private hire bus licence under Part VIII or a private bus licence under Part IX, as the case may be;
upon an application made by the holder of an excursion bus licence issued under Part V, permit the holder of the licence to use his excursion bus as a private hire bus or a private bus or both, notwithstanding that the holder of the excursion bus licence has not been issued with a private hire bus licence under Part VIII or a private bus licence under Part IX;
upon an application made by the holder of a private hire bus licence issued under Part VIII, permit the holder of the licence to use his private hire bus as an excursion bus or a private bus or both, notwithstanding that the holder of the private hire bus licence has not been issued with an excursion bus licence under Part V or a private bus licence under Part IX; and
upon an application made by the holder of a private bus licence issued under Part IX, permit the holder of the licence to use his private bus as an excursion bus or a private hire bus or both, notwithstanding that the holder of the private bus licence has not been issued with an excursion bus licence under Part V or a private hire bus licence under Part VIII.
Subregulation 2
The Authority may grant an application under paragraph (1) subject to such conditions as the Authority thinks fit to impose.
Subregulation 3
The Authority must not grant a permit under paragraph (1) for a licensee to use the licensee’s bus as an excursion bus if the licensee’s bus is not air‑conditioned.
Subregulation 4
The following provisions apply in respect of a bus when the bus is permitted by the Authority under paragraph (1) to be used as a different class of public service vehicle:
the provisions of Part V (except rule 31) apply when the bus is permitted to be used as an excursion bus, with the modification that a reference to a holder of an excursion bus licence or licensee is a reference to the licensee of the bus permitted to be used as an excursion bus;
the provisions of Part VIII (except rules 50 and 52) apply when the bus is permitted to be used as a private hire bus, with the modification that a reference to a holder of a private hire bus licence or licensee is a reference to the licensee of the bus permitted to be used as a private hire bus;
the provisions of Part IX and rule 65 apply when the bus is permitted to be used as a private bus, with the modification that a reference to a holder of a private bus licence or licensee is a reference to the licensee of the bus permitted to be used as a private bus.
Subregulation 5
Where the holder of an omnibus licence, an excursion bus licence, a private hire bus licence or a private bus licence (called in this paragraph a specified licensee) whose application under paragraph (1) has been granted by the Authority —
fails to comply, or fails to secure the compliance of any driver that a specified licensee employs, with all or any of the provisions of the Act or these Rules or any condition imposed by the Authority; or
fails to provide and maintain adequate and satisfactory service in connection with the use of a specified licensee’s bus as an excursion bus, a private hire bus or a private bus, as the case may be,the Authority may, by notice in writing, revoke any permission granted by the Authority under paragraph (1) to the holder of the licence.