{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9A/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9A/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/9A/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Consultation document",
  "text": "(1) A consultation document under paragraph 5(2)(a) relating to the proposed variation must include—\n(a) a description of the area to which the scheme as proposed to be varied relates,\n(b) a description of areas within that area for which different provision is proposed to be made, if such provision is proposed to be included in the scheme as proposed to be varied,\n(c) a description of the local services that are proposed to be provided under local service contracts,\n(d) a description of the local services that are proposed to be excepted from regulation arising because of the scheme as proposed to be varied,\n(e) the date on which the scheme is proposed to be varied,\n(f) the date or dates by which it is proposed that local service contracts first be entered into under the scheme as proposed to be varied,\n(g) the period or periods it is proposed will expire between the making of local service contracts and the provision of local services under such contracts,\n(h) a description of the authority’s or authorities’ proposed plans for consulting in order to seek views on how well the scheme as varied is working,\n(i) a statement about how, in conducting the procurement process for the provision of local services under the scheme as varied, the authority or authorities propose to facilitate the involvement of small and medium-sized operators in the provision of local services, and\n(j) the date by which responses to the consultation must be received.\n(2) The consultation document must also include a summary of the assessment prepared under paragraph 2 in relation to the proposed variation.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}