Part II Local transport
F1Bus services: franchising schemes
123URegulations about schemes
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision with respect to—
(a)
the procedure to be followed when making, varying or revoking franchising schemes,
(b)
the local services or classes of local services which are to be, or may be, excepted from regulation arising because of the scheme, and
(c)
such other incidental matters in connection with franchising schemes as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(2)
The regulations may in particular make provision with respect to—
(a)
giving notice of proposed schemes or the proposed variation or revocation of schemes,
(b)
modifications of such proposals,
(c)
the form of schemes or variations, and
(d)
giving notice of schemes which have been made or of the variation or revocation of schemes.
(3)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision with respect to service permits.
(4)
The Secretary of State may also make regulations modifying or excluding the application of provisions of this Part, so far as relating to franchising schemes, in cases where a franchising authority, or two or more franchising authorities acting jointly—
(a)
propose or decide to vary or revoke a scheme under section 123M or 123N, or
(b)
having varied a scheme under section 123M, propose or decide to postpone a date on which a local service contract to provide a local service specified in the scheme may first be entered into.