Paragraph 2 Transport Act 1985 (c. 67)I1

England and Wales Not yet in force

(1)

The Transport Act 1985 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 6 (registration of local services)—

(a)

in subsection (2A), in paragraph (a), omit “or 114(3A)” and “and quality partnership schemes”;

(b)

omit subsection (2B);

(c)

omit subsection (7A);

(d)

in subsection (8), omit “and, in the case of variation, to section 6B of this Act”.

(3)

In section 6A (applications for registration etc. where restrictions are in force)—

(a)

in subsection (1), in paragraph (a), omit “or 114(3A)” and “or a quality partnership scheme”;

(b)

in subsection (8), in paragraph‍ (c), omit “or 118(4)”;

(c)

in subsection (12)—

(i)

omit the entry for “quality partnership scheme”;

(ii)

in the entry for “registration criteria”, omit paragraph (b);

(iii)

in the entry for “relevant operator”, in paragraph (a), omit “or 118(4)”.

(4)

Omit section 6B (applications for registration where quality contracts scheme in force).

(5)

In section 26 (conditions attached to PSV operator’s licence), in subsection (1)—

(a)

in paragraph (b), omit “118(4),“ and “, 129(1)(b)”;

(b)

in paragraph (bza), omit “, 134B(7)(c)”;

(c)

in paragraph (ba), omit “, 138”.

(6)

In section 66 (exclusion of powers of certain councils to run bus undertakings), in subsection (1), omit “and 132C”.

(7)

In section 82 (bus stations: restrictions on discriminatory practices etc.), in subsection (4A), omit “or a quality partnership scheme”.‍

(8)

Section 93 (travel concession schemes) is amended as follows—

(a)

in subsection (1), in the opening words, at the end, insert “other than services within subsection (1A)”;

(b)

after subsection (1), insert—

“(1A)

A service is within this subsection if it is a local bus service for the purposes of section 1 of the Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026 (asc [X]).”

(9)

In section 134 (regulations, rules and orders), in subsection (7), omit paragraph (c).

(10)

In section 135 (procedure for making regulations, rules and orders), in subsection (8), omit paragraph (c).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 48(3)