Consultation outcome

Bus Services Bill: draft regulations and guidance

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 8 February 2017
• Last updated: 5 September 2017 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

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Bus Services Act 2017: response to the consultation on draft regulations and guidance

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Detail of outcome

The Department for Transport ran a consultation on the key regulations and guidance associated with the Bus Services Act from 8 February 2017 to 21 March 2017. This document sets out the government’s response and proposed changes to draft regulations and guidance.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on draft regulations and guidance associated with the Bus Services Bill.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 8 February 2017 to 11:45pm on 21 March 2017

Consultation description

The draft regulations include:

• Advanced Quality Partnership Schemes
• franchising including:
  • service permits
  • transitional provisions
• enhanced partnerships and the operator objection mechanism
• information on varied or cancelled services

The guidance includes:

• information authorities should follow when conducting an assessment of their franchising scheme
• how authorities should approach enhanced partnerships
• competition considerations

Documents

Bus Services Bill: consultation on draft regulations and guidance

PDF, 2.21 MB, 151 pages

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Bus Services Bill: briefing sessions presentation

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Published 8 February 2017
Last updated 5 September 2017 + show all updates

1. 5 September 2017

   Consultation on the key regulations and guidance associated with the Bus Services Act: government response and proposed changes to draft regulations and guidance.

2. 6 March 2017

   Presentation from the Bus Services Bill briefings sessions added.

3. 8 February 2017

   First published.