The Act Reports on ticketing arrangements and schemes – section 46
315.Section 46(2) inserts a new section 32B into the 2001 Act requiring local transport authorities to produce annual reports on ticketing arrangements and ticketing schemes.
316.Inserted section 32B(1) provides for the reports to be published.
317.The content of a report is set out in inserted subsection (2). The report is to include:
	information on determinations under section 28(1) (determinations as to what ticketing arrangements should be made available for the local transport authority’s area);
	information on arrangements made under section 28(4) (arrangements with operators of local services to make ticketing arrangements) and on the extent to which they are smart ticketing arrangements complying with the national technological standard for smart ticketing; and
	information on ticketing schemes made, varied or revoked during the year.
318.318.Inserted section 32B(3) clarifies that, where a scheme has been made jointly by more than one authority, each of those authorities must include the scheme within their report.