Relevant local services that commence operation on or after 1st January 2021: time when route, operator, stopping place and timetable information must be provided
10.—(1) This regulation applies to relevant local services that are to commence operation on or after 1st January 2021.
(2) Except where paragraph (3) applies, the information referred to in regulation 3(2)(a) to (j) must be provided to the Secretary of State by an applicant for the registration of particulars of a relevant local service by the date on which the application is made to a traffic commissioner.
(3) This paragraph applies where the application for the registration of particulars of a relevant local service is one to which regulation 5 of the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Franchising Schemes Transitional Provisions and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018(1) applies.
(4) Where paragraph (3) applies, the applicant must provide to the Secretary of State the information referred to in regulation 3(2)(a) to (j) by the end of the period of notice specified in section 6(2)(b) (registration of local services) of the Transport Act 1985 as modified by regulation 5(2)(a) (short notice registration before a franchising scheme is in operation) of the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Franchising Schemes Transitional Provisions and Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018.
(5) A local transport authority that is also a franchising authority must, in relation to a relevant local service that is to operate in the area to which the franchising scheme relates, provide to the Secretary of State the information referred to in regulation 3(2)(a) to (j) at least 28 days before the date on which the service is to come into operation.