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

Training of staff

35Training about disability

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 2 (scope), at the end of paragraph 2 insert “, and where the service is a local service, point (a) of Article 16(1) shall also apply”.

(3)

In Article 3 (definitions), at the end insert—

“(y)

local service” means a local service within the meaning given by the Transport Act 1985.”

(4)

In Article 16 (training)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(b), for “as described in part (a) of Annex II” substitute “—

(i)

as described in part (a) of Annex II, and

(ii)

in relation to local services, as described in part (b) of Annex II.”, and

(b)

after paragraph 1 insert—

“1A.

Carriers and terminal managing bodies must ensure that the requirements of paragraph 1 have been completed within the past five years in relation to any of their personnel who fall within point (a) or (b) of that paragraph in relation to local services.”