Legislation – Bus Services Act 2025

“(1A)

Regulations under subsection (1)(b) may, in particular, make provision about whether or not a person authorised to act as an inspector by a relevant authority may act in that capacity in relation to a relevant local service—

(a)

at times when the public service vehicle used to provide the service is outside the area of the authority (including when the vehicle is in Wales or Scotland);

(b)

which does not have a stopping place in the area of the authority.”

“(4)

In this section and section 25 “inspector”, in relation to a public service vehicle, means—

(a)

a person authorised to act as an inspector by the holder of the PSV operator’s licence under which the vehicle is being used, and

(b)

in the case of a vehicle being used to provide a relevant local service, a person authorised to act as an inspector by a relevant authority.

(4A)

In this section—

“relevant authority” means—

(a)

a local transport authority (within the meaning given by Part 2 of the Transport Act 2000) whose area is in England, or

(b)

Transport for London;

“relevant local service” means a local service which has one or more stopping places in England;

“stopping place” has the same meaning as in the Transport Act 1985.”