http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/26/section/46Local Transport Act 2008An Act to make further provision in relation to local transport authorities, the provision and regulation of road transport services and the subsidising of passenger transport services; to amend sections 74, 75 and 79 of the Transport Act 1985; to make provision for or in relation to committees which represent the interests of users of public transport; to rename Passenger Transport Authorities as Integrated Transport Authorities and to make further provision in relation to them; to make further provision in relation to charging for the use of roads; to make provision about the meaning of “street works” and “street works licence” in Part 3 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; to amend Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and section 90F of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988; to make provision in relation to the acquisition, disclosure and use of information relating to vehicles registered outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-18Expert Participation2023-12-26 Part 3Bus services<Emphasis>Extension of the competition test</Emphasis>Competition scrutiny of functions and agreements relating to buses461For section 153 of the TA 2000 (competition test for exercise of bus functions (see Schedule 10 to that Act)) substitute—Competition test: functions and agreements relating to buses1531Schedule 10 contains provision applying competition tests in relation to—athe exercise of functions relating to quality partnership schemes, ticketing schemes and subsidised local services,bvoluntary partnership agreements and certain other agreements, decisions and practices relating to bus services.2A voluntary partnership agreement is any voluntary agreement under which—aa local transport authority, or two or more local transport authorities, undertake to provide particular facilities, or to do anything else for the purpose of bringing benefits to persons using local services, within the whole or part of their area, or combined area, andbone or more operators of local services undertake to provide services of a particular standard.3In subsection (2)—facilities” means—facilities provided at specific locations along routes served, or proposed to be served, by local services within the area to which the agreement relates, orfacilities which are ancillary to such facilities;“standard”, in the case of any services, includes—any requirements which the vehicles being used to provide the services must meet,any requirements as to frequency or timing of the services,any requirements as to the maximum fares that may be charged for particular journeys, or for journeys of particular descriptions, on services to which the agreement applies;voluntary agreement” means an agreement made otherwise than under sections 114 to 123 (quality partnership schemes)..2In section 162 of that Act (interpretation of Part 2) after subsection (4) insert—4AWhere a reference to an authority in any of the following provisions is to an Integrated Transport Authority, it is to be construed as including a reference to the Passenger Transport Executive for the integrated transport area concerned—section 153(2)(a),in Schedule 10, paragraph 17(5)(b) and (8)..3Schedule 10 to the TA 2000 (competition test for exercise of bus functions) is amended in accordance with Schedule 2.S. 46 partly in force; s. 46(3) in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 134(1)(c)S. 46 in force at 9.2.2009 for E. by S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1S. 46 in force at 1.4.2009 for W. by S.I. 2009/579, art. 2(d)
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