
2022 No. 358
Transport
The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Provision of Service Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2022
Made 29th November 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 1st December 2022
Coming into force 1st April 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6ZA(2), 6ZA(5) and 6ZC(1) of the Transport Act 1985 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 6ZC(2) of that Act, they have consulted the persons required.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Provision of Service Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1 April 2023.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1985 Act” means the Transport Act 1985,
 “the 2001 Regulations” means the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2001.
Prescribed period for an affected authority to require information relating to the local service
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The prescribed period for the purposes of section 6ZA(2) of the 1985 Act is 7 days beginning with the day after the day on which the affected authority receives notification of the proposed application for the variation or cancellation of the registration under regulation 4(1) of the 2001 Regulations.
Prescribed information relating to the local service
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(1) The prescribed information for the purposes of section 6ZA(2) of the 1985 Act is information as to—
(a) the total number of journeys undertaken by passengers on the part of the relevant service specified in the operator’s notice,
(b) the number and types of passengers using the part of the relevant service specified in the operator’s notice, the journeys made by those passengers, the types of fares paid by them, and the types of tickets used by them, and
(c) the revenue received from the part of the relevant service specified in the operator’s notice including information about revenue attributable to—
(i) specified types of fares or journeys undertaken, and
(ii) specified times of the day or week.
(2) In this regulation, “relevant service” means a local service registered under section 6 of the 1985 Act in respect of which the operator has notified an affected authority under regulation 4(1) of the 2001 Regulations of a proposed application to vary or cancel its registration.
Prescribed period for an operator to provide the required information
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The prescribed period for the purposes of section 6ZA(5)(a) of the 1985 Act is 7 days beginning with the day after the day on which the operator receives the request from the affected authority under section 6ZA(2) of that Act.
Excluded applications
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Section 6ZA of the 1985 Act does not apply where the proposed application to vary or cancel the registration is an application to—
(a) vary a service to provide additional stopping places for the service (without removing any such stopping places),
(b) vary a service so as to increase the frequency of the service,
(c) vary a service so as to extend the period in any day for which the service operates,
(d) vary or cancel a service coming within a case specified in regulation 7(2)(a) to (e) and (g) of the 2001 Regulations, or
(e) vary a service by adjusting the timetable of the service without significantly affecting the level of the service provided, and the adjusted timings are either—
(i) in no case more than 10 minutes earlier or later than those in the registered timetable, or
(ii) required to adapt the service to a variation in a connecting rail, ferry or air service.
Prescribed form of the information to be provided by an operator
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Where an operator is required to provide information to an affected authority further to a request under section 6ZA(2) of the 1985 Act, the operator may provide the information in any form in which, having regard to the manner in which the information is kept, it is reasonable for the information to be provided.
Transitional provision
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These Regulations apply only in relation to notifications of proposed applications to vary or cancel a registration under regulation 4(1) of the 2001 Regulations received by the affected authority on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
JENNY GILRUTH
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
29th November 2022