Tyres (Buses and Coaches) Bill (HC Bill 77)

1 Certificate of tyre fitness

(1) The Secretary of State shall make regulations providing that tyre age be
examined as part of the annual vehicle test carried out under section 45 of the
Road Traffic Act 1988 and regulations made under it and that the presence of
5any tyres of ten or more years of age be cause for failure of the test.

(2) Such regulations shall require—

(a) that the vehicle examiner inform the relevant traffic commissioner for
the area in which the operator of the vehicle is licensed of the failure of
the vehicle test on these grounds;

(b) 10that the vehicle examiners record the age of every tyre checked as part
of the annual test in a form to be specified by the Secretary of State;

(c) that traffic commissioners make such information available for the
purposes of gathering national statistics about tyre age and condition;

(d) that the Secretary of State specify any exemptions to the regulations.

2 15Conditions attached to licences

(1) Section 16 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection 3 insert—

“(3A) A traffic commissioner must attach to every Public Service Vehicle
operator’s licence granted by him the condition that the tyres in use on
20any vehicles licensed to the operator must be no more than ten years of
age.”

3 Review

The Secretary of State must review the operation of and undertake an
evaluation of the impacts of this Act after 12 months and lay a report before
Parliament.

4 5Regulations

(1) Any power to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory
instrument.

(2) A statutory instrument containing an order under section 1 may not be made
unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a
10resolution of each House of Parliament.

5 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “public service vehicle” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Public
  Passenger Vehicles Act 1981;

• 15“traffic commissioner” has the meaning given under section 4 of the
  Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.

6 Financial provisions

(1) There is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of this Act by the Secretary of
20State, or by a government department, and

(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable under any other Act
out of money so provided.

(2) There is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund any sums received by a government
department by virtue of this Act and any increase attributable to this Act in the sums
25payable into that Fund under any other enactment.

7 Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Tyres (Buses and Coaches) Act 2015.

(2) This Act comes into force at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with
the day on which it is passed.

(3) 30This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland only.