The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004

Amendment of requirements to display service information

11.  For regulation 13 there is substituted—

“Display of service information in and on vehicles

13.— (1) This regulation applies to every vehicle except a vehicle being used—

(a) under a special licence, or

(b) to provide an excursion or tour.

(2) While a vehicle is being used to provide a standard service, the operator shall either display inside the vehicle in a manner clearly legible to passengers or have available on the vehicle for passengers who request them—

(a) a fare table containing sufficient information to enable a passenger to ascertain without difficulty the fare for his journey, and

(b) a timetable containing at least the information specified in paragraph 5 of Part 1 and paragraph 3(b) of Part 2 of the Schedule.

(3) While a vehicle is being used to provide a flexible service, the operator shall display inside the vehicle information about fares (whether in the form of a fare table or otherwise) which is both clearly legible to passengers and is formulated in such a manner that a passenger may ascertain the fare for his journey without difficulty.

(4) While a vehicle is being used to provide a standard service, the operator shall display in a position clearly legible from the outside of the vehicle—

(a) a notice indicating the destination or, as the case may be, the route of the service, and

(b) either the service number or the name by which it is known.

(5) While a vehicle is being used to provide a flexible service, the operator shall display in a position clearly legible from the outside of the vehicle the name by which the service is known.

Information about flexible services

14.   The operator of a flexible service shall make available, in any reasonably accessible form, to all persons who may wish to use the service—

(a) details of the nature of the service, including at least—

(i) a description of the area of its operation, and

(ii) a statement setting out the features mentioned in regulation 2(2A)(a)(iii) and (iv),

(b) information about fares formulated in such a manner (whether as a table of fares or otherwise) that a person may ascertain the fare for his journey without difficulty, and

(c) the information specified in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Part 3 of the Schedule.”