Legislation – Bus Services Act 2025
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Information about local services
24Information provided on registration of local services
(1)
The Transport Act 1985 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
(2)
In section 6 (registration of local services)—
(a)
in subsection (9)—
(i)
“(da)
in the case of regulations made by the Secretary of State, for the prescribed particulars in respect of a service to be given to such persons as may be prescribed;
(e)
in the case of regulations made by the Secretary of State, for an application for registration, or for the variation or cancellation of a registration, not to be accepted by a traffic commissioner unless—
(i)
the applicant gives, to such persons as may be prescribed, such information as a traffic commissioner may reasonably require in connection with the application, or
(ii)
the applicant is subject to requirements imposed by regulations made by virtue of section 141A(1)(a) of the Transport Act 2000 and complies with those requirements;
(ea)
in the case of regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, for an application for registration, or for the variation or cancellation of a registration, not to be accepted by a traffic commissioner unless the applicant gives to a traffic commissioner such information as a traffic commissioner may reasonably require in connection with the application;”;
(ii)
“—
(i)
in the case of regulations made by the Secretary of State, to such persons as may be prescribed;
(ii)
in the case of regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, to a traffic commissioner”;
(iii)
“(kb)
in the case of regulations made by the Secretary of State, as to the use and disclosure of information given or records made available under this section;”;
(b)
“(12)
Regulations made by the Secretary of State under this section may make provision about the manner and form in which information is to be provided (including, in particular, provision requiring it to be provided electronically).”
(3)
In section 6I (records of registration etc)—
(a)
in subsection (4), for “a traffic commissioner” substitute “such persons as may be prescribed”
;
(b)
“(b)
as to the particulars to be supplied under subsection (4);
(c)
about the manner and form in which the particulars are to be supplied under that subsection (including, in particular, provision requiring them to be supplied electronically);
(d)
as to the use and disclosure of records kept and particulars supplied under this section.”
(4)
Information received by a traffic commissioner under section 6 or 6I of the Transport Act 1985, in connection with a local service which has one or more stopping places in England, before this section comes into force may be provided by the traffic commissioner to the Secretary of State (in which case the information is provided without restrictions on its disclosure or use).
(5)
Where a local service is provided both inside and outside England, subsection (4) does not authorise the provision of information which relates to any part of the service which is provided outside England.