Part 2 S Bus services

[F1 CHAPTER 2] S[F1 Local services franchises]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. 2 substituted for ss. 13-27 and cross-heading (4.12.2023) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 38(2), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch.

[F1 Franchising frameworks and franchise agreements] S

[F1 13BEffects of franchising framework S

(1) During any period when a franchising framework is in operation in relation to any local service included in the framework—

(a) sections 6 to 9 of the 1985 Act (registration of local services) do not have effect in relation to the service, and

(b) no such service is to be provided other than under a franchise agreement.

(2) Subsection (3) applies where, in relation to a franchising framework—

(a) a local service is not included in the framework, and

(b) the service is not excluded from the framework (see section 13D(2)(a)).

(3) The local service is not, during the period of operation of the franchising framework, to be provided in the area to which the framework relates.

(4) Subsection (5) applies where, in relation to a franchising framework—

(a) a local service is excluded from the framework, and

(b) conditions are specified as to when the exclusion is to apply (see section 13D(2)(b)).

(5) The specified conditions are to be treated, during the period of operation of the franchising framework, as if they were prescribed particulars of the service concerned registered under section 6 of the 1985 Act.]