Consultation outcome

Registration of local services in Enhanced Partnership Areas

This consultation has concluded

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Bus Services Act: response to consultation on the registration of local bus services in an enhanced partnership area

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Detail of outcome

The government has published a response to this consultation. It explains that:

  • we will proceed with the regulations with some amendments as a result of the consultation responses — these are set out in the response document
  • we will also amend draft guidance to provide further content identified from the consultation responses to help local authorities and bus operators make full use of the regulations — this document will be published in due course

Detail of feedback received

Nine responses were received to this consultation, mainly from local authorities.


Original consultation

Summary

Proposals for how local authorities can take over the registration function of bus services under an Enhanced Partnership.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

Asks for comments on how local transport authorities would take over the registration function of bus services from the traffic commissioners under Enhanced Partnerships.

Enhanced Partnerships are part of the Bus Services Act 2017.

Documents

Bus Services Act: consultation on draft regulations and guidance

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Annex B: draft appeals to Traffic Commissioners regulation 2018

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Annex B: draft registration regulations 2018

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Annex C: guidance on the registration of local bus services in an Enhanced Partnership area

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Published 17 May 2018
Last updated 31 October 2018 + show all updates
  1. Consultation response published.

  2. First published.