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

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Safety and accessibility of stopping places

32Duty to provide information to Secretary of State

(1)

An authority which is subject to a duty under section 30(6) or section 31(7) (duties to have regard to guidance) must, when requested to do so, provide to the Secretary of State—

(a)

details of how they have complied with the duty, and

(b)

any other information relating to stopping places provided by the authority and used by local services that is specified in the request.

(2)

The request may specify the form in which, and the period within which, the information is to be provided.

(3)

The Secretary of State may publish—

(a)

any information provided under this section, and

(b)

if it appears to the Secretary of State that the authority have not complied with their duty under section 30(6) or section 31(7), a statement to that effect.

(4)

In this section “local service” and “stopping place” have the same meanings as in the Transport Act 1985 (see sections 2 and 137 of that Act).

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1S. 32 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(5)

I2S. 32 in force at 26.1.2026 for specified purposes by S.I. 2026/46, reg. 2(n)