Legislation – Bus Services Act 2025

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Introduction

1 Availability of franchising schemes

2 Specification of areas

3 Specification of services

4 Minimum period before provision of services

5 References to local services

6 Criteria for granting service permits

7 Registration of services provided under service permits

8 Substitute road services

9 Report on assessment of proposed scheme

10 Duty to consult persons with disabilities

11 Variation of schemes

12 Miscellaneous amendments

13 Direct award of contracts to incumbent operators

14 Socially necessary local services

15 Measures specified in schemes

16 Passenger benefit requirement

17 Variation of schemes

18 Requirements enabling travel by persons with disabilities

19 Objections by operators

20 Advance notice of requirement to provide information

21 Bus network accessibility plans

22 Local government bus companies

23 Grants

24 Information provided on registration of local services

25 Information about local services

26 Information obtained under

27 Powers of inspectors

28 Local transport authority byelaws

29 Transport for London byelaws

30 Safety and accessibility of stopping places

31 Provision and design of floating bus stops

32 Duty to provide information to Secretary of State

33 Safeguarding duty: drivers of school services

34 Training about crime and anti-social behaviour

35 Training about disability

36 Training about disability: further provisions

37 Use of zero-emission vehicles for local services in England

38 Use of zero-emission vehicles for local services in Scotland

39 Power to make consequential provision

40 Extent

41 Commencement and transitional provision

42 Short title

SCHEDULES

Schedule Procedure for varying franchising scheme

General

39Power to make consequential provision

(1)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision that is consequential on this Act.

(2)

Regulations under this section may amend, repeal or revoke provision made by or under an Act passed—

(a)

before this Act, or

(b)

later in the same session of Parliament as this Act.

(3)

The power to make regulations under this section includes power to make—

(a)

consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;

(b)

different provision for different purposes.

(4)

Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.

(5)

A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section that amend or repeal provision made by an Act may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(6)

Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

40Extent

(1)

The following provisions extend to England and Wales and Scotland—

(a)

(b)

sections 26 and 27;

(c)

sections 35 and 36;

(d)

section 39, this section and sections 41 and 42.

(2)

Section 38 extends to Scotland only.

(3)

The remaining provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales only.

41Commencement and transitional provision

(1)

Sections 39 and 40, this section and section 42 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(2)

Section 31 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(3)

Section 33 comes into force at the end of the period of six months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(4)

Section 38 comes into force—

(a)

for the purposes of making regulations, on the day on which this Act is passed;

(b)

for remaining purposes, on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.

(5)

The remaining provisions of this Act come into force—

(a)

for the purposes of making regulations, on the day on which this Act is passed;

(b)

for remaining purposes, on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.

(6)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of section 38.

(7)

The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make transitional or saving provision (in addition to any transitional and saving provision made by this Act) in connection with the coming into force of any other provision of this Act.

(8)

For regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under subsection (4)(b) or (6), see section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (Scottish statutory instruments).

42Short title

This Act may be cited as the Bus Services Act 2025.