Part IE+W+S General Provisions Relating to Road Passenger Transport

E+W+S

[F16IRecords of registration etcE+W

(1)This section applies where the relevant registration functions of a traffic commissioner are carried out by a local transport authority in accordance with section 6G.

(2)The local transport authority must keep a record of—

(a)the local services that are registered and the registrations that are varied or cancelled by the authority under section 6;

(b)the requirements imposed under section 138A(5)(b) of the Transport Act 2000 that are recorded by the authority as applying to services registered under section 6;

(c)the local services that are cancelled by the authority under section 6E.

(3)The authority must allow the record to be inspected at all reasonable times by members of the public.

(4)The authority must supply to a traffic commissioner particulars of—

(a)the local services that are registered and the registrations that are varied or cancelled by the authority under section 6;

(b)the requirements imposed under section 138A(5)(b) of the Transport Act 2000 that are recorded by the authority as applying to services registered under section 6;

(c)the local services that are cancelled by the authority under section 6E.

(5)A record kept under this section is admissible in evidence of the matters required under this section to be entered in that record.

(6)A copy of an entry made in such a record in pursuance of this section purporting to be—

(a)signed on behalf of the authority by which the record is kept, and

(b)certified as a true copy,

is evidence of the matters stated in that entry without proof of the signature or authority of the person signing it.

(7)Regulations may be made for the purpose of carrying this section into effect and any such regulations may, in particular, make provision—

(a)as to the form of records under this section and the particulars they must contain;

(b)as to the particulars to be supplied to a traffic commissioner under this section.

(8)In this section—

  • local transport authority” has the meaning given in section 108(4) of the Transport Act 2000;

  • the relevant registration functions” has the same meaning as in section 6G.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 6I inserted (E.W.) (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), ss. 14(4), 26(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4Ss. 6-9 excluded by 2000 c. 38, s. 123J(2) (as inserted (E.W.) (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), ss. 4, 26(3)) (with transitional provisions (24.4.2018) in S.I. 2018/406, regs. 1(2), 4-8 (with reg. 1(3)))