Identification of lead authority
4.—(1) This regulation applies to any scheme containing a standard of services which includes requirements as to—
(a)the frequency or timing of services,
(b)the maximum fares that may be charged for particular journeys, or for journeys of particular descriptions,
(c)the ways in which passengers may pay for journeys, or
(d)the vehicles being used to provide the services,
which is made, or is proposed to be made, by two or more authorities acting jointly.
(2) Where this regulation applies—
(a)the authorities referred to in paragraph (1) must specify in the notice of the proposed scheme given under section 113G(1) of the 2000 Act which of them is to act as the lead authority for the purposes of these Regulations; and
(b)the lead authority must, before acting in accordance with any of the duties and responsibilities assigned by virtue of these Regulations—
(i)consult and seek representations from, and
(ii)wherever appropriate, act in accordance with the representations of,
the other authority or other authorities with whom the scheme is made, or is proposed to be made, jointly with the lead authority.