Meaning of a “qualifying local service”2
1
For the purposes of Parts 1 and 2 of schedule A1 of the 2001 Act a local service is a qualifying local service for an area mentioned in those Parts if—
a
the traffic commissioner has accepted an application for registration, or variation of the registration, of the local service under section 6 of the 1985 Act,
b
it is not an excluded local service, and
c
it has one or more stopping places in that area.
2
For the purposes of Part 3 of schedule A1 of the 2001 Act a local service is a qualifying local service if—
a
the traffic commissioner has accepted an application for registration, or variation of the registration, of the local service under section 6 of the 1985 Act,
b
it is not an excluded local service, and
c
in the case of—
i
the revocation of a partnership plan, it has one or more stopping places in the area of the plan being revoked, or
ii
the revocation of a partnership scheme, it has one or more stopping places in the area of the scheme being revoked.
3
In this regulation, an “excluded local service” means—
a
a local service in respect of which the traffic commissioner has accepted an application under section 6 of the 1985 Act for the cancellation, or variation, of its registration where the effect of the cancellation or variation is that the local service to which the application relates will no longer have one or more stopping places in the relevant area,
b
a service or any part of a service provided directly by a local transport authority,
c
d
a service in respect of which a community bus permit has been granted under section 22 of the 1985 Act10.