Part IIE+W Local transport

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 2: power to amend conferred (17.10.2007 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), ss. 8(1), 9(1)(2), 10(1)(2), 15(1); S.I. 2007/2799, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)

C4Pt. 2: delegation of functions (1.4.2016) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449), arts. 1(a), 6(b)

C17Pt. 2: functions made exercisable concurrently (E.) (7.5.2024) by The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/402), arts. 1(3), 19(c) (with art. 9)

C18Pt. 2: transfer of functions (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), regs. 1(2), 10

C19Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), regs. 1(2), 14

C21Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), regs. 1(2), 10

[F1Local transport authority byelawsE+W

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 144A-144E and cross-heading inserted (5.8.2026) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), ss. 28(1), 41(5) (with s. 28(2)); S.I. 2026/834, reg. 2(b)

144CByelaws: copies and evidenceE+W

(1)If the Secretary of State has confirmed byelaws made under section 144A, the local transport authority or authorities which made them must print copies of the byelaws, of which—

(a)at least one must be kept at the authority’s principal office or at each of the authorities’ principal offices,

(b)one must be sent to the Secretary of State, and

(c)one must be supplied to any person who requests it, on payment by the person of such reasonable charge as the authority or authorities may determine.

(2)The authority or authorities must publish on their website or websites—

(a)a copy of the byelaws, and

(b)a notice stating—

(i)that the byelaws have been confirmed and when they come into force,

(ii)where printed copies of the byelaws can be inspected, and

(iii)how printed copies of the byelaws can be obtained.

(3)The production of a printed copy of byelaws which is indorsed with a certificate—

(a)stating one or more matters specified in subsection (4), and

(b)purporting to be signed by an officer of a local transport authority by whom the byelaws purport to have been made,

is evidence of what is stated in the certificate.

(4)Those matters are—

(a)that the byelaws were made by the local transport authority or authorities,

(b)that the copy is a true copy of the byelaws,

(c)that the byelaws were confirmed by the Secretary of State on the date specified in the certificate, and

(d)the date of the coming into force of the byelaws.]