The Community Bus (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 2353

PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT

The Community Bus (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Made

20th August 2005

Laid before Parliament

30th August 2005

Coming into force

30th September 2005

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 52(1) and 60(1)(e) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981(1) and by virtue of the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988(2), and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Community Bus (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 30th September 2005.

Amendments

2.—(1) The Community Bus Regulations 1986(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(1), for “£44” substitute “£50”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

S J Ladyman

Minister of State

Department for Transport

20th August 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations increase the fee for a community bus permit granted under section 22 of the Transport Act 1985 from £44 to £50 (an increase of 13.6%). The fee was last increased on 1st October 2004.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business is available from the DVO Policy Unit of the Department for Transport, Zone 5/20, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1P 4DR. The regulatory impact assessment may also be accessed at the Office of Public Sector Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk.

(1)

1981 c. 14 (in the footnotes called “the 1981 Act”). Section 52(1) was amended by the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) (in the footnotes called “the 1985 Act”), sections 1(3), 3(5) and 139(3), and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1, paragraphs 4(1) and 4(14) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 8; by the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22), section 16 and Schedule 6; and by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) (in the footnotes called “the 1994 Act”), section 66. In section 60: subsection (1) was amended by the 1985 Act, sections 134 and 139, Schedule 7, paragraph 21(9), and Schedule 8, and by the 1994 Act, section 66(5); and subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1985 Act, section 134(2). Section 61(2) was amended by the 1985 Act, section 139(3) and Schedule 8. Section 52 was applied to fees for permits under section 22 by section 126(1) of the 1985 Act; and sections 60 and 61 have effect by virtue of sections 134 and 135 of the 1985 Act as if Part 1 of the 1985 Act was incorporated in the 1981 Act. For the definition of “prescribed”, see section 60(2) of the 1981 Act.

(2)

S.I. 1988/643, which was made under the Finance (No.2) Act 1987 (c. 51) section 102. The relevant entry in S.I. 1988/643 is Schedule 1, Table V, Item 3C.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1245, amended by S.I. 2004/2252, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.