Bus parking

Summary

The request asked for the Road Transport Licensing Committee's rules regarding overnight bus parking. The authority disclosed that all public passenger vehicles must be parked at registered operating centres as defined by the Road Transport Act 2001.

Key Facts

• Buses and all public passenger vehicles must be parked at their operating centres when not in use.
• An operating centre is legally defined as the base or centre where a vehicle is normally kept.
• Operators must have their parking locations specified in the register of passenger vehicle operators or on their operator's licence.
• Failure to park vehicles at a specified operating centre is an offence under the Road Transport Act 2001.
• Operators must submit an application to the RTLC to have a location added to their registration or licence as an operating centre.

Data Disclosed

• 2019-06-26
• 2019-06-28
• 866366
• Section 63
• Section 14(1)
• Road Transport Act 2001
• IM4 3AS
• (01624) 651564

Original Request

What is the RTLCs rules on where buses can be parked overnight?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St John's, Isle of Man, IM4 3AS Tel: (01624) 651564 Email: rtlc@gov.im Website: www.gov.im/rtlc

28th June 2019 Our ref: 866366

Dear ###,

We write further to your request which was received on the 26th June 2019 and which states:

"What is the RTLCs rules on where buses can be parked overnight?"

Response Buses, and indeed all public passenger vehicles (PPV), should be parked at their operating centres when they are not in use. Section 63 of the Road Transport Act 2001 (the Act) defines an operating centre as “the base or centre at which the vehicle is normally kept”. A copy of the Act can be found on the RTLC website; www.gov.im/rtlc Section 14(1) of the Act states that; “A person may not use a place in the Island, or cause or permit such a place to be used, as an operating centre for a passenger vehicle used as mentioned in section 5(1) unless that place is specified as an operating centre in an entry relating to him in the register of passenger vehicle operators or in a passenger vehicle operator's licence held by him”. Therefore an operator must regularly keep its PPVs at an operating centre which is specified as such in the register of passenger vehicle operators or on the operator’s licence. Failure to do so is an offence under the Act and this applies to all PPVs, not just buses.
In order to be specified as an operating centre on either the register or an operator’s licence, the operator must submit an application to the RTLC to add a centre to their operator registration or operator licence. Should the application be approved, the centre is then added to register or licence. The registers of operators and lists of operator licences are available to view by the public. Please contact the RTLC office if you would like to view either of these documents.

Please quote the reference number 866366 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely