# Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026, Section 19: Reliance on community bus services and certain other services for the purposes of the section 5(1)(c) duty

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) The Welsh Ministers may, for the purposes of fulfilling their duty under section 5(1)(c) in respect of a local bus service, rely on the provision by any person of a service within subsection (2) (without, in the case of a service in respect of which the powers in section 10 or 12 are available, entering into a local bus service contract or granting a local bus service permit in respect of the service).
(2) The services within this subsection are—
(a) a local bus service that is a community bus service;
(b) a local bus service provided as described in section 46(1) of the 1981 Act (paying passengers on school buses);
(c) a section 19 service;
(d) a Part 3 of Schedule 1 service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/2/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-wales-act-2026/section-19
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