United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

(a) in the case of a standard service, to the traffic commissioner for the area in which the service will start, and

(b) in the case of a flexible service, at the discretion of the operator either to the traffic commissioner for the area in which the greater part of the registered area of its operation is situated or to the traffic commissioner for the area in which the greater number of fixed stopping places are situated.

(a) in the case of every service, the particulars specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;

(b) in the case of a standard service, the further particulars specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;

(c) in the case of a flexible service, the further particulars specified in Part 3 of the Schedule."

(a) where the registration is varied only to enable the operator of the service to comply with a traffic regulation condition or any other provision made by or under an enactment prohibiting or restricting the use of any road by vehicular traffic;

(b) where the registration is varied only in respect of a change in the operator's address;

(c) where the service is a bus substitution service;

(d) where - 


(i) an application is made for registration of a service which, except for the operation of section 179(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, would be part of a service which requires a London service permit,

(ii) an application for a London service permit is made at the same time, and

(iii) the service to be registered will not commence before the grant of the permit."

(a) on an application to register or vary particulars of a service which, except for the operation of section 179(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, would be part of a service which requires a London service permit;

(b) on an application to vary a service the only reason for which is to enable the operator of the service to comply with a traffic regulation condition or any other provision made by or under an enactment prohibiting or restricting the use of any road by vehicular traffic;

(c) on an application to record a change in the operator's address".

(a) under a special licence, or

(b) to provide an excursion or tour.

    (2) While a vehicle is being used to provide a standard service, the operator shall either display inside the vehicle in a manner clearly legible to passengers or have available on the vehicle for passengers who request them - 

(a) a fare table containing sufficient information to enable a passenger to ascertain without difficulty the fare for his journey, and

(b) a timetable containing at least the information specified in paragraph 5 of Part 1 and paragraph 3(b) of Part 2 of the Schedule.

    (3) While a vehicle is being used to provide a flexible service, the operator shall display inside the vehicle information about fares (whether in the form of a fare table or otherwise) which is both clearly legible to passengers and is formulated in such a manner that a passenger may ascertain the fare for his journey without difficulty.

    (4) While a vehicle is being used to provide a standard service, the operator shall display in a position clearly legible from the outside of the vehicle - 

(a) a notice indicating the destination or, as the case may be, the route of the service, and

(b) either the service number or the name by which it is known.

(a) the date the journey was made,

(b) the names of all passengers who were booked to travel (whether or not they actually travelled) and details of how each such passenger may be contacted,

(c) the time when and place where it was agreed or otherwise determined that each passenger who travelled should be taken up and set down, and

(d) the actual time and place at which each passenger was taken up and set down.

    (2) The operator shall keep the specified information for a period of one year after the relevant journey was made or for such longer period as a traffic commissioner may specify for the purpose of enabling him to perform his functions under any enactment.

    (3) When reasonably required to do so by a traffic commissioner (or by one of his officers or servants) in connection with the performance of such functions the operator shall produce, or make available for inspection, any part of the specified information.

    (4) An operator may, instead of recording and maintaining the specified information himself, cause it to be recorded and maintained by another person on his behalf and in such a case that other person shall be under the duties imposed on the operator by paragraphs (2) and (3) above."

(a) a description of the route, including details of alternative sections of route where it may be modified for the purpose of particular journeys, which is sufficient to identify the roads to be traversed, together with a map of a scale not smaller than 1:50,000 showing those roads,

(b) a timetable for the service indicating the proposed times (on the days when the service is to run) of individual services at principal points on the route, save where the service interval is 10 minutes or less when a statement of that fact may be given, and

(c) an indication of the stopping places where the vehicles used on the service will stand for longer than the time required to pick up or set down passengers.

     4. If the service does consist of excursions or tours - 

(a) an outline of the route indicating the points, other than the starting point, where passengers will be taken up, and

(b) the maximum number of vehicle departures to be made on any one day.

     5. Details of stopping arrangements, including (in appropriate cases) - 

(a) details of whether all the marked or generally recognised stopping places on the route will be used habitually and, if not, what the stopping arrangements at those places will be, and

(b) details of any sections of the route where passengers will be taken up and set down upon signalling their wishes to the driver of the vehicle.

     6. A description of any reversing and other manoeuvres which will result in a vehicle returning along part of its route.

(a) the times when a booking for a particular journey may be made,

(b) the means of identifying where a passenger may be taken up or set down otherwise than at fixed stopping places, and

(c) whether the travel demands of every prospective passenger will be met and, if not, what arrangements (if any) will be made where a person's demands cannot be met.

     6. Subject to paragraph 7, the timing of the service, including - 

(a) in the case of a service having fixed stopping places on its route, a timetable indicating the proposed times (on the days when the service is to run) of individual services at those stopping places, and

(b) in every case, the means of determining the time at which a passenger may be taken up or set down in the sections of flexible operation.

     7. Where it is impracticable to specify an exact time of arrival at, or departure from, a fixed stopping place or other point within the area of operation, a time window (that is to say a period of time during which a vehicle is intended to arrive/depart) may be specified instead, the time window to be of an appropriate length but not longer than 20 minutes unless the traffic commissioner is satisfied in an exceptional case that it is reasonable for a longer period to be allowed."