The Regulation of Bus Services in Greater London (Transitional Provisions) Order 2000

The guidance document

7.—(1) The Secretary of State shall, before 3rd July 2000, prepare and adopt such a document as is mentioned in section 185(2) of the 1999 Act.

(2) Any such document prepared and adopted by the Secretary of State by virtue of paragraph (1) is in the following provisions of this article referred to as “the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document”.

(3) During the interim guidance period, any reference in the 1999 Act to the guidance document shall be taken (subject to the other provisions of this article) as a reference to the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document.

(4) During the interim guidance period, the functions of the Mayor under section 185(3) and (4) of the 1999 Act (review, revision and re-publication) in relation to the guidance document shall be functions of the Secretary of State (and not of the Mayor) in relation to the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document.

(5) Section 191 of the 1999 Act (consultation) shall not apply in relation to the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document.

(6) Subsections (1) to (3) of section 192 of the 1999 Act (publication, construction of references etc.) shall apply in relation to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document as they apply in relation to the Mayor and the guidance document.

(7) The Secretary of State shall send a copy of the current version of the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document to—

(a) the Mayor;

(b) the Assembly;

(c) Transport for London;

(d) the Common Council; and

(e) each London borough council.

(8) In consequence of the preceding provisions of this article—

(a) section 192(4) of the 1999 Act (time limit for adoption) does not apply in relation to the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document; and

(b) section 192(5) of that Act (bodies to whom copies are to be sent) does not apply in relation to the current version of the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document.

(9) Nothing in this article affects the duty of the Mayor to prepare and adopt in accordance with sections 191 and 192 of the 1999 Act such a document as is mentioned in section 185(2) of that Act (the guidance document).

(10) In this article, “the interim guidance period” means the period which—

(a) begins with the day on which the Secretary of State’s interim guidance document is adopted; and

(b) ends with the day preceding that on which the Mayor adopts the guidance document.