Bus Services Act 2025
Bus Services Act 2025 (2025 c. 24)
- Bus Services Act 2025 (2025 c. 24)
- Franchising schemes: general
- 1 Availability of franchising schemes
- 2 Specification of areas
- 3 Specification of services
- 4 Minimum period before provision of services
- 5 References to local services
- Franchising schemes: non-franchised services
- 6 Criteria for granting service permits
- 7 Registration of services provided under service permits
- 8 Substitute road services
- Franchising schemes: procedure
- 9 Report on assessment of proposed scheme
- 10 Duty to consult persons with disabilities
- 11 Variation of schemes
- 12 Miscellaneous amendments
- Franchising schemes: direct award of contracts
- 13 Direct award of contracts to incumbent operators
- Enhanced partnership plans and schemes
- 14 Socially necessary local services
- 15 Measures specified in schemes
- 16 Passenger benefit requirement
- 17 Variation of schemes
- 18 Requirements enabling travel by persons with disabilities
- 19 Objections by operators
- 20 Advance notice of requirement to provide information
- Local government functions
- 21 Bus network accessibility plans
- 22 Local government bus companies
- 23 Grants
- Information about local services
- 24 Information provided on registration of local services
- 25 Information about local services
- 26 Information obtained under Statistics of Trade Act 1947
- Enforcement
- 27 Powers of inspectors
- 28 Local transport authority byelaws
- 29 Transport for London byelaws
- Safety and accessibility of stopping places
- 30 Safety and accessibility of stopping places
- 31 Provision and design of floating bus stops
- 32 Duty to provide information to Secretary of State
- Safeguarding for school services
- 33 Safeguarding duty: drivers of school services
- Training of staff
- 34 Training about crime and anti-social behaviour
- 35 Training about disability
- 36 Training about disability: further provisions
- Zero-emission vehicles
- 37 Use of zero-emission vehicles for local services in England
- 38 Use of zero-emission vehicles for local services in Scotland
- General
- 39 Power to make consequential provision
- 40 Extent
- 41 Commencement and transitional provision
- 42 Short title
- Schedule Procedure for varying franchising scheme