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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)
C2Pt. 2: transfer of functions (1.4.2014) by The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/865), arts. 1, 8(1)(b) (with arts. 8(4), 12)
C3Pt. 2: transfer of functions (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 8, 9 (with art. 11)
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)
C5Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 8
C6Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 8(1)
C7Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (3.3.2017) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/251), arts. 1(2)(b), 8(b)
C8Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (8.5.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/431), arts. 1(2), 4(1)(2)
C9Pt. 2: transfer of functions (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 7 (with art. 28)
C10Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 9 (with art. 28)
C11Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (W.) (28.2.2022) by The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/343), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C12Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (30.6.2022) by The North Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/339), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C13Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (30.6.2022) by The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/342), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C14Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (W.) (30.6.2022) by The South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/352), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C15Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 13(1)(2)
C16Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 15(1)
(1)If the authority or authorities decide that it is appropriate to make the scheme, they may make it as proposed or with modifications.
(2)The scheme must specify [F1each of the following]—
(a)the facilities to be provided under it by the authority or authorities,
(b)the standard of services to be provided under it by operators of local services,
[F2(bb)any registration restrictions imposed by it and any registration criteria specified in it,]
(c)the date on which it is to come into operation, F3...
(d)the period for which it is to remain in operation, which must not be less than five years.
[F4(e)if any facilities or standards of services are to be provided under the scheme as from a date after the scheme comes into operation, the date as from which they are to be so provided.]
(3)The scheme may provide that—
(a)local services specified in it, or
(b)local services of a class specified in it,
are to be excluded from the scheme, subject to such conditions (if any) as may be specified in it.
[F5(4)The date as from which any particular facilities, or any services of a particular standard, are to be provided must not be earlier than—
(a)in the case of facilities, the latest of dates A to C (see subsections (4B) to (4D)),
(b)in the case of services, the later of dates A and D (see subsections (4B) and (4E)),
unless the case falls within subsection (4A).
(4A)If under the scheme—
(a)particular facilities are to be provided by the authority or authorities, and
(b)as from the date by which the facilities are to be provided, services of a particular standard are to be provided by operators of local services when using the facilities,
the date as from which the facilities and the services are to be provided must not be earlier than the latest of dates A to D.
(4B)Date A is the date 3 months after the date on which the scheme is made.
(4C)Date B is the date by which, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, it will be reasonably practicable for the authority or authorities to provide the facilities.
(4D)Date C is the date 3 months after—
(a)the date on which any traffic regulation order required for the provision of any of the facilities is made, or
(b)if more than one such order is required for their provision, the date on which the last of them is made.
(4E)Date D is the date by which, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, it will be reasonably practicable for operators of local services to provide services of the particular standard.]
(6)Not later than 14 days after the date on which the scheme is made, the authority or authorities must give notice—
(a)in at least one newspaper circulating in the area to which the scheme relates, F6...
(b)to all operators of local services who would, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, be affected by the scheme [F7, and]
[F7(c)to a traffic commissioner]
(7)The notice must—
(a)either contain full details of the scheme or state where such details may be inspected, and
(b)if the scheme made is a modified version of that proposed, state that fact.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 116(2) inserted (6.4.2009 for E., 31.1.2010 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 15(2), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 4(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2009/3294, art. 2(b)
F2S. 116(2)(bb) inserted (6.4.2009 for E., 31.1.2010 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 15(3), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 4(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2009/3294, art. 2(b)
F3Word in s. 116(2) repealed (6.4.2009 for E., 31.1.2010 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 7 Pt. 2; S.I. 2009/107, art. 4(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2009/3294, art. 2(d)
F4S. 116(2)(e) inserted (6.4.2009 for E., 31.1.2010 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 15(4), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 4(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2009/3294, art. 2(b)
F5S. 116(4)-(4E) substituted for s. 116(4) (6.4.2009 for E., 31.1.2010 for W.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 15(5), 134(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 4(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2009/3294, art. 2(b)
F6Word in s. 116(6) omitted (3.7.2013) by virtue of The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 (with art. 7)
F7S. 116(6)(c) and word substituted for words in s. 116(6)(b) (3.7.2013) by The Local Transport Act 2008 (Traffic Commissioners) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1644), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 (with art. 7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C17Ss. 113C-123: functions transferred (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with reg. 15(5))
Commencement Information
I1S. 116 wholly in force at 26.10.2001; s. 116 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 116 in force (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 1; s. 116 in force (E.) at 26.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch.