Bus Services (Wales) Act 2026

7 Review and revision of Welsh Bus Network Plan

(1) The Welsh Ministers must keep the Welsh Bus Network Plan under review.

(2) The Welsh Ministers—

(a) must make any revision to the Welsh Bus Network Plan that they consider is required to ensure that it continues to set out the key particulars referred to in section 5(2);

(b) may make any other revision to the Welsh Bus Network Plan that they consider appropriate.

(3) But subsection (2)(a) does not require the Welsh Ministers to revise the Welsh Bus Network Plan to reflect any steps taken in respect of a local bus service that would (but for this subsection) require revision to the Plan, if the Welsh Ministers consider that the period for which those steps will have effect will not exceed 14 days.

(4) In considering whether to revise the Welsh Bus Network Plan and the nature of any revision, the Welsh Ministers must have regard to each of the following—

(a) the Wales Transport Strategy;

(b) if they consider that the proposed revision may affect any part of the area of a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, that committee’s regional transport plan having effect under section 109A of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38);

(c) the functions of local authorities under the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2).

(5) After making any revision to the Welsh Bus Network Plan, the Welsh Ministers must as soon as reasonably practicable publish the revised Welsh Bus Network Plan.

(6) If the Welsh Ministers make any revision to the Welsh Bus Network Plan after the most recent date on which it was laid before Senedd Cymru (either under this section or section 6) they must, within the period of 13 months beginning with the date on which the Plan was most recently laid before Senedd Cymru, lay before Senedd Cymru—

(a) a further copy of the Welsh Bus Network Plan, and

(b) a statement setting out the differences between that further copy of the Plan, and the preceding copy of the Plan laid before Senedd Cymru.

(7) Section 8 makes further provision about revisions to the Welsh Bus Network Plan.