{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-act-2025/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-act-2025/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/24",
  "legislation_title": "Bus Services Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-act-2025",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Minimum period before provision of services",
  "text": "(1) In section 123H of the Transport Act 2000 (making and publication of scheme) omit subsection (4).\n(2) Subsection (3) applies where, before this section comes into force—\n(a) a franchising authority or authorities has published a consultation document under section 123E(2) of the Transport Act 2000 relating to a proposed franchising scheme or a variation of such a scheme, but\n(b) the scheme has not been made or varied in pursuance of the consultation document.\n(3) Where this subsection applies the franchising authority or authorities may, when making or varying the scheme in pursuance of the consultation document, specify a minimum period under section 123H(2)(d) or (3)(c) which is less than six months.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 26.1.2026 by S.I. 2026/46, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/24/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:46:45.773209+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}