The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Periods of notice

6.—(1) Subject to regulations 7 and 8—

(a) the period of notice prescribed for the purposes of section 6(3) of the 1985 Act shall be 56 days beginning with the date on which the traffic commissioner receives the application; and

(b) the period mentioned in section 6(8)(a) of that Act shall end with the last day of the period of notice prescribed in sub-paragraph (a) above.

(2) Where an operator has applied to the traffic commissioner to vary or cancel a registration under section 6(7) of that Act the operator shall, for the period of 21 days ending with the day before the day on which the variation or cancellation has effect, display in each vehicle provided under the relevant service, a notice informing passengers that such an application has been made and where information on the variation or cancellation can be obtained.

(3) In this regulation “relevant service” means any service which would be varied or cancelled by virtue of an application referred to in paragraph (2).