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(1)A local transport authority may, in connection with the exercise of any of their functions relating to public transport, require an operator of local services to provide them with any information relating to the matters specified in subsection (2) which is in his possession or control.
(2)The matters referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a)the total number of journeys undertaken by passengers on the local services operated by the operator in the authority’s area or any part of its area,
(b)the structure of fares for those journeys, and
(c)the total distance covered by vehicles used by him in operating those local services.
(3)The operator may be required to provide the information in any form in which, having regard to the manner in which the information is kept, it is reasonable to expect him to provide it.
(4)No information which—
(a)has been provided under this section, or provided together with information so provided, and
(b)relates to the affairs of an individual or to a particular business,
shall be disclosed during the lifetime of the individual or while the business continues to be carried on.
(5)But subsection (4) does not apply to a disclosure made—
(a)with the consent of the individual or the person for the time being carrying on the business,
(b)in connection with the investigation of crime or for the purposes of criminal proceedings,
(c)for the purposes of civil proceedings brought by virtue of this Act or the M1Transport Act 1985, or
(d)in order to comply with the order of a court or tribunal.
(6)A person who discloses information in contravention of subsection (4) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 143(5)(b): Disclosure powers extended (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 17, 127(2)(a), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 53(1)
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I1S. 143 wholly in force at 1.8.2001; s. 143 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 143 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. 143 in force (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 4
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