C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9C10C11C12C13C14C15C16C18Part II Local transport

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 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)

C5

Pt. 2: delegation of functions (1.4.2016) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449), arts. 1(a), 6(b)

C6

Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 8

C7

Pt. 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: provision of information

I1C1C17C18139 Information about bus services.

1

Each local transport authority must from time to time determine, having regard to their F1local transport policies —

a

what local bus information should be made available to the public (“the required information”), and

b

the way in which it should be made available (“the appropriate way”).

2

Before making such a determination, the authority must consult—

a

such organisations appearing to the authority to be representative of users of local services as they think fit, and

F2b

a traffic commissioner.

3

Each authority must from time to time ascertain whether the required information is being made available to the public in the appropriate way.

4

Subsection (5) applies if an authority consider that—

a

the required information is not being made available to the public to any extent, or

b

that information is not being made available to the public in the appropriate way.

5

If this subsection applies, the authority must seek to make arrangements with the operators of the local services concerned under which those operators agree to make the information available (or to make it available in that way).

6

In this section “local bus information”, in relation to a local transport authority, means—

a

information about routes and timetabling of local services to, from and within the authority’s area,

b

information about fares for journeys on such local services, and

c

such other information about facilities for disabled persons, travel concessions, connections with other public passenger transport services or other matters of value to the public as the authority consider appropriate in relation to their area.