# Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026, Paragraph 3: Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) The Transport Act 2000 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 139 (information about bus services)–
(a) in subsection (1), after “Each local transport authority” insert “whose area is in England”;
(b) in subsection (4), after “an authority” insert “whose area is in England”.
(3) In section 143 (power to obtain information about local services), in subsection (1), after “A local transport authority” insert “whose area is in England”.
(4) In section 149 (travel concessions: reimbursement of operators)—
(a) in subsection (1), in paragraph (b), after “145B(1)” insert “, other than in respect of a service that is 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]), and it is—
(a) provided under a local bus service contract entered into under section 10 of that Act, or
(b) provided by the Welsh Ministers under section 18 of that Act.”;
(c) in subsection (2), in paragraph (a)(ii), at the beginning, insert “in respect of a service other than a service that is within subsection (1A),”.
(5) In section 153 (competition test: functions and agreements relating to buses)—
(a) in subsection (1), in paragraph (a)—
(i) omit “quality partnership schemes,” the second time it occurs;
(ii) omit “ticketing schemes,” the second time it occurs;
(b) in subsection (3), in the definition of “voluntary agreement”, omit “, or under sections 114 to 123 (quality partnership schemes)”.
(6) In section 155 (sanctions), in subsection (1)—
(a) in paragraph (b), omit “, 118(4), 129(1)(b)”;
(b) in paragraph (ba), omit “, 134B(7)(c)”;
(c) in paragraph (c), omit “, 138”.
(7) In section 162 (interpretation of Part II)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) omit the entries for “appropriate national authority”, “exempt continuation proposal”, “quality contract”, “quality contracts scheme”, “quality partnership scheme” and “ticketing scheme”;
(ii) in the entry for “connecting rail or tram service”, omit paragraph (b) and the “and” before it;
(b) in subsection (4), omit “section 114(2)(a),”, “section 116(2)(a), (4)(a), (4A)(a) and, in the second place, (4C),”, “section 118(1) and (2),” and “section 129(4),”.
(8) In Schedule 10 (competition test for exercise of bus functions)—
(a) in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (1)—
(i) omit paragraph (a);
(ii) omit paragraph (b);
(b) in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (2)—
(i) omit paragraph (a);
(ii) omit paragraph (b);
(c) in paragraph 12, in sub-paragraph (2), in paragraph (b), omit “a quality partnership scheme,” and “, a ticketing scheme”;
(d) in paragraph 17, in sub-paragraph (5), in paragraph (c), omit “a quality partnership scheme,”.
(9) In Schedule 11 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraph 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/2/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-wales-act-2026/schedule/paragraph-3
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