2014 No. 1364

Transport

The Passenger Transport Executives (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) (Revocations) (England) Order 2014

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60(5) of the Transport Act 19851, makes the following Order.

Citation, commencement and application1

1

This Order may be cited as the Passenger Transport Executives (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) (Revocations) (England) Order 2014 and comes into force on 30th June 2014.

2

This Order applies in England only.

Revocations2

The Orders listed in the Schedule are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Stephen HammondParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment of Transport

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Revocations

Instruments revoked

Reference

The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) Order 1986

S.I. 1986/1648

The Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) Order 1986

S.I. 1986/1649

The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) Order 1986

S.I. 1986/1650

The South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) Order 1986

S.I. 1986/1651

The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) Order 1986

S.I. 1986/1652

The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Exclusion of Bus Operating Powers) Order 1986

S.I. 1986/1653

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This instrument revokes six Orders which are spent.

Part 4 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) effected the de-regulation of bus services in Great Britain (outside London) and enabled the removal of the powers of local authorities to operate bus services. The six Orders revoked by this instrument disapplied certain powers in section 10(1) of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73) (“the 1968 Act”) in respect of the six Passenger Transport Executives in England (“the PTEs”). The powers disapplied were those in section 10(1)(i) and (viii) which allowed PTEs to operate bus services and to hire out passenger vehicles.

Section 10(1)(i) of the 1968 Act was repealed, in relation to England and Wales, by the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26) (“the 2008 Act”) (see section 66(6)(a) and Schedule 7, Part 3), which means the disapplication of that provision in these Orders is no longer required. The 2008 Act also substituted a new section 10(1)(viii) of the 1968 Act, clarified the interpretation of the new provision, and revived the power for PTEs to hire out passenger vehicles by revoking the appropriate provisions in these six Orders (see section 66(1) to (4) of the 2008 Act). This means that PTEs now have the power to purchase vehicles and hire them to the operators of local bus services in particular circumstances.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business or the public or voluntary sectors is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.