Legislation – Bus Services Act 2025
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”
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(3)
“(y)
“local service” means a local service within the meaning given by the Transport Act 1985.”
(4)
In Article 16 (training)—
(a)
“—
(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)
“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.”