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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-act-2025-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/834",
  "legislation_title": "The Bus Services Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-act-2025-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2026",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force specified provisions of the Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24) (“the 2025 Act”). These are the second commencement regulations made under the 2025 Act.\nRegulation 2 of these Regulations brings into force the following sections of the 2025 Act on 5 August 2026: section 27 (so far as it is not already in force), sections 28 to 30, section 32 (so far as it is not already in force), section 34 (so far as it is not already in force) and sections 35 to 36.\nSection 27 of the 2025 Act makes provision in relation to inspectors on public service vehicles.\nSection 28 of the 2025 Act makes provision in relation to byelaws for local bus services in England, outside of London.\nSection 29 of the 2025 Act makes provision in relation to byelaws for local bus services with one or more stopping places in London.\nSection 30 of the 2025 Act enables the Secretary of State to give guidance about safety and accessibility in relation to stopping places for local bus services and facilities in the vicinity of such stopping places.\nSection 32 of the 2025 Act requires authorities to provide information to the Secretary of State, which the Secretary of State may publish, about compliance with the duty to have regard to guidance issued under sections 30 and 31 of the 2025 Act.\nSections 34 to 36 of the 2025 Act make provision relating to training requirements for staff in the bus industry about crime, anti-social behaviour and disability awareness and assistance.\nRegulations 3 and 4 make transitional provision for compliance with the training requirements introduced by sections 34 and 35 of the 2025 Act.\nSections 27, 34 and 36 of the 2025 Act were brought partially into force by section 41(5)(a) of that Act, on the day on which the Act was passed, for the purposes of making regulations. Section 32 of the 2025 Act was brought partially into force by the first commencement regulations made under the Act (S.I. 2026/46).\nA full impact assessment has been published in relation to the 2025 Act and copies can be obtained at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/en/ukpga/2025/24/resources or from the Department for Transport at Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR, United Kingdom.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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