C1C2C3 Part I General Provisions Relating to Road Passenger Transport
Pt. 1(ss. 1-33) modified (11.1.2006) by The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3523), art. 36 (with art. 52)
Pt. 1 (ss. 1-33) modified (13.12.2006) by The Luton Dunstable Translink Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3118), art. 37(3)
6KF1Application for registration where service standard has effect
1
This section applies where—
a
a bus services improvement partnership scheme made under section 3B of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 is in operation,
b
a service standard imposed under section 3B(3)(b) of that Act has effect,
c
an application for registration, or for variation of registration, is made under section 6 of this Act in respect of a local service to which that service standard would apply if the application were granted, and
d
the application is one which would, but for this section, fall to be accepted.
2
A traffic commissioner must refuse the application if—
a
the service standard is an operational service standard, and
b
the traffic commissioner considers that the person who would be the operator of—
i
the service proposed to be provided, or
ii
the service as proposed to be varied,
is unlikely to be able to comply with the service standard as regards that service.
3
In this section, “operational service standard” is to be construed in accordance with section 3C(1)(b) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.
Pt. I (ss. 1-33) modified by S.I. 1984/748, regs. 5(2), 6(2) (as amended by S.I. 1987/1755, reg. 2(2)