{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9A/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9A/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/9A/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Consultation",
  "text": "(1) The franchising authority or authorities must consult—\n(a) in the case of a variation mentioned in paragraph 12(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi)—\n(i) the Welsh Ministers if, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, any part of Wales would be affected by the proposed variation,\n(ii) any other relevant local authority any part of whose area would, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, be affected by the proposed variation,\n(iii) such organisations appearing to the authority or authorities to be representative of users of local services as they think fit, and\n(iv) the Passengers’ Council,\n(b) in the case of a variation mentioned in paragraph 12(b)(iv) or (v), the Competition and Markets Authority,\n(c) in the case of a variation mentioned in paragraph 12(b)(v), a traffic commissioner, and\n(d) in the case of any variation mentioned in paragraph 12(b)—\n(i) persons operating local services who would, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, be affected by the proposed variation,\n(ii) such persons with disabilities (within the meaning given by section 6 of the Equality Act 2010) who are users or prospective users of local services, or such organisations appearing to the authority or authorities to be representative of such persons, as they think fit, and\n(iii) any other persons whom, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, it would be appropriate to consult.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii), “relevant local authority” means—\n(a) a local transport authority,\n(b) a district council,\n(c) a National Park authority,\n(d) the Broads Authority,\n(e) a London transport authority,\n(f) a Transport Partnership created under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005, or\n(g) a council in Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9A inserted (26.1.2026) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), s. 41(5), Sch. (with s. 3(4)); S.I. 2026/46, reg. 2(o) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/schedule/9A/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:50.374964+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."
}