PART 2FUNCTIONS OF THE WELSH MINISTERS RELATING TO LOCAL BUS SERVICES
Reliance on certain services
19Reliance on community bus services and certain other services for the purposes of the section 5(1)(c) duty
(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.