Road Traffic Act · s 57

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57.
Persons deemed to be users of public service vehicles
(1) Where a public service vehicle is being used on any road in any regulated area, the driver of the vehicle, if it belongs to him or is in his possession under the agreement for hire, hire-purchase or loan, and in any other case the person whose agent or servant the driver is, shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the person by whom the vehicle is being used.
(2) Where at any time passengers or goods are carried in a public service vehicle which has been let on hire by the person who at the time of the carriage of the passengers or goods is within the meaning of this Act the user of the vehicle, the passengers or goods are deemed to be carried by that person for hire or reward:
Provided that —
(a) the user of a vehicle shall not be convicted of an offence under section 56 if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that no act or omission on his part conduced to the commission of the offence; and
(b) in such case, the driver or other person responsible for the commission of the offence may be convicted of the offence as though he were the user of the vehicle.

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s 57Persons deemed to be users of public service vehicles

(1)

Where a public service vehicle is being used on any road in any regulated area, the driver of the vehicle, if it belongs to him or is in his possession under the agreement for hire, hire-purchase or loan, and in any other case the person whose agent or servant the driver is, shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the person by whom the vehicle is being used.

(2)

Where at any time passengers or goods are carried in a public service vehicle which has been let on hire by the person who at the time of the carriage of the passengers or goods is within the meaning of this Act the user of the vehicle, the passengers or goods are deemed to be carried by that person for hire or reward:

Provided that —

(a)

the user of a vehicle shall not be convicted of an offence under section 56 if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that no act or omission on his part conduced to the commission of the offence; and

(b)

in such case, the driver or other person responsible for the commission of the offence may be convicted of the offence as though he were the user of the vehicle.