Part IIE+W Local transport

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

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)

Bus services: ticketing schemesE+W

137 Making of scheme.E+W

(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)If the scheme applies to tickets within section 135(4)(d), it may only be made with the agreement of the operators of the connecting rail or tram services concerned.

(3)The scheme must specify the date on which it is to come into operation, which must not be earlier than three months after the date on which it is made.

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

(a)in at least one newspaper circulating in the area to which it relates,

[F1(b)to a traffic commissioner.]

(c)to all operators of local services or services for the carriage of passengers by railway or by tramway (or by both) who would, in the opinion of the authority or authorities, be affected by it,

(d)to the [F2Secretary of State] if it applies to tickets within section 135(4)(d), and

(e)in such other manner, or to such other persons or class of person, (if any) as the appropriate national authority may prescribe by regulations.

(5)The notice must set out the terms of the scheme and the date on which it is to come into operation.

(6)The authority or authorities may vary or revoke the scheme; and the variation or revocation is subject to the same procedure as the making of the scheme, except to the extent that that procedure is modified by regulations made by the appropriate national authority.

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 137(4)(d) substituted (24.7.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 12 para. 17(2); S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I1S. 137 wholly in force at 1.8.2001; s. 137 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 137 in force (E.) at 1.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to the savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II); s. 137 in force (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 4