The Bus Service Operators Grant (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 193 (W.28)

PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT, WALES

The Bus Service Operators Grant (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made

2 February 2010

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

3 February 2010

Coming into force

1 April 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 154(5) of the Transport Act 2000(1), the Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Bus Service Operators Grant (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and they come into force on 1 April 2010.

(2) These Regulations apply to Wales.

Amendment to the Bus Service Operators Grant (Wales) Regulations 2002

2.—(1) The Bus Service Operators Grant (Wales) Regulations 2002(2) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In regulation 3(1)(a)(i), for “section 509 of the Education Act 1996” substitute “sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008”.

Ieuan Wyn Jones

Minister for Economy and Transport, one of the Welsh Ministers

2 February 2010

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply to Wales, amend the Bus Service Operators Grant (Wales) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”).

The 2002 Regulations define “eligible bus services” for the purposes of section 154 of the Transport Act 2000. That section makes provision as to payment of grants to operators of eligible bus services. An eligible bus service includes in specified circumstances a service provided or secured by a local authority for the purpose of learner travel.

Section 509 of the Education Act 1996 (“the Act”) placed an obligation on local education authorities in Wales to make arrangements for the provision of transport to facilitate the attendance of persons receiving education at schools and certain other institutions. Section 509 of the Act has been replaced for Wales by the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (“the Measure”). Sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Measure now make provision as to a local authority’s functions in relation to learner travel arrangements.

These Regulations amend regulation 3(1)(a)(i) of the 2002 Regulations so as to refer to sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Measure instead of section 509 of the Act.

(1)

2000 c. 38. Functions of the National Assembly for Wales are now vested in the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

(2)

S.I. 2002/2022 (W.206).