Prospective
(1)Section 141A of the Transport Act 2000 (power to require information about English bus services) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (a) omit “or”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (b) insert “, or
(c)in order to monitor the provision of relevant local services and to facilitate the exercise of functions by the Secretary of State.”
(3)In subsection (3)—
(a)in paragraph (a), for “and tickets” substitute “, tickets and passenger numbers”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (b) omit “and”;
(c)after paragraph (c) insert—
“(d)information about operators of the services,
(e)information about the vehicles used to provide the services, including information about their features and equipment, the way in which they are to be used in relation to particular routes, the distance travelled by them and the number of journeys made by them,
(f)a statement, in relation to a relevant local service, as to whether the service consists of excursions or tours, and
(g)any other information which may be prescribed under section 6(2)(a) of the Transport Act 1985 in relation to the registration of a local service under that section.”
(4)In subsection (4)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (a), omit “and”;
(b)at the end of paragraph (b), insert “, and
(c)information about the costs of operating the services and the number of staff engaged in operating the services.”
(5)In subsection (8), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)provision for the information to be provided to a traffic commissioner.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 25 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(5)