Transport Act 2000

[F1 113H Making of scheme E+W

(1) If, after taking the steps described in section 113G, an authority or authorities decide that it is appropriate to make the advanced quality partnership scheme, they may make it as proposed or with modifications.

(2) The scheme must specify each of the following—

(a) any facilities to be provided under it by the authority or authorities,

(b) any measures to be taken under it by the authority or authorities and the routes to which they relate,

(c) the standards of services to be provided under it by operators of local services in accordance with their undertakings given in relation to facilities or measures to be provided or taken under the scheme,

(d) any registration restrictions imposed by it and any registration criteria specified in it,

(e) the date on which it is to come into operation,

(f) the period for which it is to remain in operation, which must not be less than five years, and

(g) if—

(i) any facilities are to be provided under the scheme,

(ii) any measures are to be taken under the scheme, or

(iii) any 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 or taken.

(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.

(4) The date as from which any particular facilities are to be provided, any particular measures are to be taken, or any services of a particular standard are to be provided, must not be earlier than—

(a) in the case of facilities or measures, the latest of dates A to C (see subsections (6) to (8)), and

(b) in the case of services, the later of dates A and D (see subsections (6) and (9)),

unless the case falls within subsection (5).

(5) If under the scheme—

(a) particular facilities are to be provided or particular measures are to be taken by the authority or authorities, and

(b) as from the date by which the facilities are to be provided or the measures are to be taken, services of a particular standard are to be provided by operators of local services when using the facilities or when providing local services with stopping places on routes to which the measures relate,

the date as from which the facilities are to be provided or the measures are to be taken (and as from which the services are to be provided) must not be earlier than the latest of dates A to D.

(6) Date A is the date 3 months after the date on which the scheme is made.

(7) 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 or take the measures.

(8) 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 or taking of any of the measures is made, or

(b) if more than one such order is required for the provision of the facilities or the taking of the measures, the date on which the last of them is made.

(9) 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.

(10) Not later than 14 days after the date on which the scheme is made, the authority or authorities must give notice of the making of the scheme—

(a) in such manner as they consider appropriate for drawing it to the attention of persons in the area to which it relates,

(b) to all operators of local services who would, in their opinion, be affected by the scheme, and

(c) to a traffic commissioner.

(11) 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

F1 Ss. 113C-113O and cross-heading inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), ss. 1, 26(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 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)

C2 Ss. 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))