# The Public Service Vehicles (Open Data) (England) Regulations 2020, Regulation 3: Route, operator, stopping place and timetable information


(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and regulations 7(1), 8 and 10 the information set out—
(a) in paragraph (2)(a) to (j) must be provided to the Secretary of State by—
(i) an operator of a registered relevant local service in relation to the operation of that service in the relevant area;
(ii) an applicant for the registration of particulars of a relevant local service in relation to the operation of that service in the relevant area; or
(iii) a local transport authority that is also a franchising authority in relation to any relevant local service that operates or is to operate in the area to which the franchising scheme relates;
(b) in paragraph (2)(k) must be provided to the Secretary of State by an applicant for the variation of the registration of particulars of a relevant local service, or a local transport authority that is also a franchising authority in relation to any relevant local service that operates in the area to which the franchising scheme relates; and
(c) in paragraph (2)(l) must be provided to the Secretary of State by an applicant for the cancellation of the registration of particulars of a relevant local service, or a local transport authority that is also a franchising authority in relation to any relevant local service that operates or ceases to operate in the area to which the franchising scheme relates.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) is—
(a) the name, and where applicable the trading name, of the operator or, as the case may be, the applicant;
(b) the operator’s or, as the case may be, applicant’s National Operator Code and the number of its public service vehicle operator’s licence applicable to the service;
(c) the number or name of the service or proposed service;
(d) except where the service operates in an area to which a franchising scheme relates and is one to which section 123J(5) of the Transport Act 2000 does not apply, the number under which the service is registered with a traffic commissioner;
(e) the route of the service or proposed service, including the principal starting and finishing points;
(f) the stopping places of the service or proposed service in the order of stopping;
(g) information to ensure identification of a stopping place, comprising—
(i) the stop code, taken from the Secretary of State’s National Public Transport Access Nodes database;
(ii) the Ordnance Survey grid reference;
(iii) relevant landmarks;
(iv) a topographic reference taken from the National Public Transport Gazetteer; and
(v) an indication of whether the stopping place is, or is to be, used as a timing point;
(h) the arrival and departure time at each stopping place or, where applicable, the frequency of the service;
(i) the days on which the service runs, or is to run, and any public holidays or other days on which the service does not, or will not, run;
(j) where the service is, or is to be, provided for the purpose of serving a school, college or other educational establishment, the dates of terms for that school, college or other educational establishment;
(k) any change in the information provided under sub-paragraphs (a) to (j); and
(l) where the service has been or is to be terminated, information about the termination.
(3) The requirement under paragraph (1)(a) to provide the information set out in paragraph (2)(a) to (j) applies only in relation to a relevant local service which—
(a) is in operation on and after 31st December 2020; or
(b) commences, or is to commence, operation after that date.
(4) The requirement under paragraph (1)(c) to provide the information set out in paragraph (2)(l) applies only in relation to a relevant local service which has been or is to be terminated after 31st December 2020.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111196021/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-service-vehicles-open-data-england-regulations-2020/regulation-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

