{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9A/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/schedule-9A/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/9A/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Consultation",
  "text": "(1) The authority or authorities must—\n(a) publish a consultation document relating to the proposed variation (see paragraph 10), and\n(b) give notice of the proposed variation in such manner as the authority or authorities consider appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons in the area to which the scheme relates.\n(2) A notice under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must—\n(a) describe the proposed variation, and\n(b) state where copies of the proposed variation and the consultation document may be inspected.\n(3) After giving notice under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the authority or authorities must consult—\n(a) all persons operating local services which have one or more stopping places in the area or areas to which the scheme relates,\n(b) all other persons holding a PSV operator’s licence or a community bus permit who would, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, be affected by the proposed variation,\n(c) such persons as appear to the authority or authorities to represent employees of persons falling within paragraph (a),\n(d) such organisations appearing to the authority or authorities to be representative of users of local services as they think fit,\n(e) 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,\n(f) the Welsh Ministers if, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, any part of Wales would be affected by the proposed variation,\n(g) 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(h) a traffic commissioner,\n(i) the chief officer of police for each police area covering the whole or part of the area to which the scheme relates,\n(j) the Passengers’ Council, and\n(k) the Competition and Markets Authority.\n(4) The authority or authorities may modify the proposed variation after consulting those persons and organisations.\n(5) In sub-paragraph (3)(g) “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/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:32.082416+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."
}