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)
F1Provision of service information in Scotland
Ss. 6ZA-6ZC and cross-heading inserted (S.) (28.11.2022) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 39(1), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2022/332, reg. 2, sch.
C4C56ZAProvision of service information when varying or cancelling registration
1
This section applies where an operator of a local service registered under section 6 notifies an affected authority in accordance with regulations under that section that the operator proposes to make an application to vary or cancel the registration.
2
The affected authority may, within such period as may be prescribed, require the operator to provide them with such information relating to the local service as may be prescribed.
3
The information that may be prescribed is information relating to—
a
the number of passengers using the service, the journeys made by those passengers and the fares paid by them, and
b
the revenue obtained by operating the service.
4
A requirement for information under subsection (2) may be made only—
a
for the purposes of the affected authority exercising their functions under section 9A of the Transport Act 1968 or, as the case may be, section 63 of this Act, and
b
in respect of—
i
the period of 12 months ending on the day on which the requirement is made, or
ii
where the service has not operated for the whole of the period of 12 months preceding the day on which the requirement is made, the period of operation up to the day on which the requirement is made.
5
An operator who is subject to a requirement under this section—
a
must provide any information required under subsection (2) within such period as may be prescribed,
b
may, at the same time, provide evidence that the disclosure of some or all of the information it has provided is likely to damage its commercial interests and request that the information in question is not disclosed under section 6ZB(3).
6
For the purposes of this section and sections 6ZB and 6ZC, “affected authority”, in relation to a local service registered under section 6, means a council or a Transport Partnership created by order under section 1 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 which—
a
have functions under section 9A of the Transport Act 1968 or section 63 of this Act, and
b
have within their area or, as the case may be, region a stopping place which would be affected by the variation or cancellation of the registration of the service by an operator.
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)