- Enforced by
- Traffic Commissioners
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Imprisonment 4 of 42 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 2 carry different penalties and 36 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 27 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Licence Holder — also bound by 225 other Acts
Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts
Applicant — also bound by 307 other Acts
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
General Provisions Relating to Road Passenger Transport
13 of 54 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Traffic Commissioner must check quality contract impact before registrationStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Traffic Commissioner must refuse bus service registrations that fail partnership rulesStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local Transport Authority must notify Traffic Commissioner of partnership plansLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local transport authorities must maintain public registers of bus servicesLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Traffic Commissioners must refuse bus registrations that fail service standardsStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Traffic Commissioner must investigate and report on failing bus partnershipsStatutory regulator
- Provide passenger and revenue data when changing or cancelling a bus serviceOperator
- Unlawful disclosure of bus service informationEmployee
Unlimited fine
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Traffic Commissioners must attach traffic conditions to operator licencesStatutory regulator
- Breach of community bus permit conditionsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must receive notifications of PSV damage or alterationsCrown / Minister / Government department
- Illegal plying for hire by large passenger vehiclesAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
- Appeal licensing decisions to the Transport TribunalLicence Holder
41 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Regulation of Road Passenger Transport in London
3 of 13 sections shown- Obtain a London local service licence to operate bus services in LondonOperator
- Apply for a London local service licenceApplicant
- Breach conditions of a London local service licenceAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
The National Bus Company
0 of 10 sections shown10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Local Passenger Transport Services
8 of 31 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Councils must secure essential public transport services and support accessibilityLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Councils must consult and publish transport service policiesLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Councils must submit proposals to transfer joint bus undertakings to companiesLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Control the makeup and financial activities of public transport companiesLocal authority
- Ensure company directors do not hold conflicting local council positionsDirector or Officer
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must ensure public transport companies appoint approved auditorsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities in Scotland must ensure transport companies use approved auditorsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Transport Authorities must not restrict competition in transport servicesLocal authority
23 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
PASSENGERS’ COUNCIL: ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS IN ENGLAND
12 of 12 sections shownamended 6 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Passengers’ Council must review road passenger transport servicesStatutory regulator
amended 6 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Passengers’ Council must investigate bus and coach service complaintsStatutory regulator
amended 6 times
amended 6 times
- Provide information to the Passengers’ Council during investigationsOperator
amended 6 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Passengers’ Council must keep sensitive business information confidentialStatutory regulator
amended 6 times
- Respond to Passengers’ Council representations regarding transport servicesOperator
amended 6 times
amended 6 times
amended 6 times
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Traffic Commissioner must review matters referred by the Passengers’ CouncilStatutory regulator
amended 6 times
amended 6 times
amended 6 times
Financial Provisions
16 of 26 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must cooperate to achieve best value in transport spendingLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must invite tenders for subsidised bus servicesLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must limit bus service contracts to 8 years and publish tender detailsLocal authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must publish and make travel concession schemes availableLocal authority
- Fail to provide required travel concessionsDirector or Officer
Fine up to £1,000
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities may provide travel concessions on their bus servicesLocal authority
amended 8 times
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Miscellaneous and General
16 of 31 sections shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must follow specific procedures to change bus conditionsCrown / Minister / Government department
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must issue guidance on disabled access to road transportCrown / Minister / Government department
- Forgery, misuse, or false statements regarding transport permitsAny Person
- Obtain certification or Adjudication stamp for duty-exempt transfersAny Person
- Comply with written directions from the Secretary of StateAny Person
15 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules
1 of 141 shownOther duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must fund and support the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory CommitteeCrown / Minister / Government department
140 other schedules
1 other provision
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