Reliance on certain services (section 19)
41.It is envisaged in practice that the following types of services will continue to provide an important transport resource:
Services operating under a permit under section 19 or 22 of the 1985 Act.
Learner travel services that allow fare paying passengers (see section 46(1) of the 1981 Act).
Services that operate as described in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1981 Act. (These are services organised privately by persons acting independently of vehicle operators. Passengers on this type of service will all pay the same fare and will travel to the same destination. These services are not advertised to the public.)
42.In recognition of this, the Act allows the Welsh Ministers to rely on a service of this type in order to satisfy the duty in section 5(1)(c) in respect of a local bus service, without having to enter into a local bus service contract or grant a permit to its operator. This means for instance that if the Welsh Ministers determine that a local bus service to a hospital is needed, and a service provided under section 22 of the 1985 Act meets that need (either wholly or in part), the Welsh Ministers can rely on that service (either wholly or in part, depending on the circumstances) for the purposes of their duty under section 5(1)(c), without entering a contract in respect of it, or granting a permit to its operator
