The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Local Services Franchises Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025
These regulations make provision about the registration and the variation or cancellation of registrations of services during the transition of a local bus market into, and out of, a franchising framework made by a local transport authority under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”). They make provision about registrations, and variations and cancellations of registrations when a franchising framework has been made but before sections 6 to 9 of the Transport Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”) cease to have effect in relation to services included in the franchising framework. They also make provision which enables services which could not otherwise be registered to be registered, varied or cancelled, and provide that the relevant notice period in relation to such services expires when a service is no longer included in the franchising framework.