{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-wales-act-2026/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-wales-act-2026/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/2",
  "legislation_title": "Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bus-services-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Restriction on the power to secure the provision of public passenger transport services under section 7 of the Transport (Wales) Act 2006",
  "text": "(1) Section 7 (provision of public passenger transport services) of the Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), after “public passenger transport services” insert “, other than a service that is within subsection (1A),”.\n(3) After subsection (1), insert—\n“(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]).”\n(4) After subsection (4A), insert—\n“(4B) The restriction in subsection (4) does not apply in the case of a local bus service contract entered into under the Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026 (asc [X]).”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 40 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 48(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/2/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:40.236412+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."
}