EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase the fee for the registration of, or the variation of the registration of, a local bus service. The fee for a local bus service other than a community bus service is increased from £54 to £57. This represents an increase of 5.6%. The fees were last increased on 1st April 2007.

A full Impact Assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from: VOSA Corporate Office, Berkeley House, Croydon Street, Bristol, BS5 0DA. The Impact Assessment is also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website at www.opsi.gov.uk.