{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-181/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-181/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/181",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-181",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "1. This Regulation shall apply to passengers travelling with regular services for non-specified categories of passengers where the boarding or the alighting point of the passengers is situated in the United Kingdom or in the territory of a Member State and where the scheduled distance of the service is 250 km or more.\n2. As regards the services referred to in paragraph 1 but where the scheduled distance of the service is shorter than 250 km, Article 4(2), Article 9, Article 10(1), point (b) of Article 16(1), Article 16(2), Article 17(1) and (2), and Articles 24 to 28 shall apply , and where the service is a local service, point (a) of Article 16(1) shall also apply.\n3. In addition, with the exception of Articles 9 to 16, Article 17(3), and Chapters IV, V and VI, this Regulation shall apply to passengers travelling with occasional services where the initial boarding point or the final alighting point of the passenger is situated in the United Kingdom or in the territory of a Member State.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n7. Nothing in this Regulation shall be understood as conflicting with or introducing additional requirements to those in current legislation on technical requirements for buses or coaches or infrastructure or equipment at bus stops and terminals.\n8. This Regulation shall not affect the rights of passengers under the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 and shall not apply in a case where a package travel contract referred to in those Regulations is terminated for reasons other than cancellation of a regular service.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/141), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(2) inserted (E.W.S.) (5.8.2026) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), ss. 35(2), 41(5); S.I. 2026/834, reg. 2(g) (with regs. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/141), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 2(4)-(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/141), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 2(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/141), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/181/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:17.600185+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."
}