{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2001/section-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2001/section-2A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2001/2",
  "legislation_title": "Transport (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "section/2A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Provision of bus services etc. by local transport authorities",
  "text": "(1) A local transport authority may provide a service for the carriage of passengers by road using vehicles that require a PSV operator's licence to do so.\n(2) The local transport authority must be satisfied that the provision of such a service will contribute to the implementation of their relevant general policies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 Ch. A1 inserted (24.6.2022) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 34(1)(a), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2022/204, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 2A: functions exercisable concurrently (5.6.2024) by The Transport Partnerships (Transfer of Functions) (Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/161), arts. 1(1), 2-5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/2/section/2A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:20.199105+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."
}