PART 2 E+W FUNCTIONS OF THE WELSH MINISTERS RELATING TO LOCAL BUS SERVICES

Prospective

Reliance on certain services E+W

19 Reliance on community bus services and certain other services for the purposes of the section 5(1)(c) duty E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers may, for the purposes of fulfilling their duty under section 5(1)(c) in respect of a local bus service, rely on the provision by any person of a service within subsection (2) (without, in the case of a service in respect of which the powers in section 10 or 12 are available, entering into a local bus service contract or granting a local bus service permit in respect of the service).

(2) The services within this subsection are—

(a) a local bus service that is a community bus service;

(b) a local bus service provided as described in section 46(1) of the 1981 Act (paying passengers on school buses);

(c) a section 19 service;

(d) a Part 3 of Schedule 1 service.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 19 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 48(3)