Consultation outcome

Bus registration: Competition Commission recommendations

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 11 March 2014
• Last updated: 5 February 2015 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Response to the consultation on implementation of the Competition Commission remedies on bus registration

PDF, 289 KB, 11 pages

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Detail of outcome

Response to the bus registration consultation stating the views and actions to be taken on:

• the 14 day pre-notification period for local transport authorities
• the 90 day notice period for variations to services
• restricting changes to applications and short-notice applications
• banding of frequent services
• electronic bus service registration

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on implementation of the Competition Commission's recommendations for local bus service registration.

This consultation ran from
11am on 11 March 2014 to 11:45pm on 6 May 2014

Consultation description

We are seeking views on the government’s preferred approach to implementing the Competition Commission’s recommendations relating to the registration of local bus services. The remedies aim to improve competition in the bus market. We are also seeking views on how to make the electronic bus service registration system more easily accessible to small and medium operators.

Documents

Consultation on implementation of the Competition Commission remedies on bus registration: main consultation document

PDF, 395 KB, 32 pages

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Annex A impact Assessment: 14 days and 90 days remedies

PDF, 528 KB, 32 pages

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Annex B impact assessment: restricting registrations / short notice

PDF, 344 KB, 15 pages

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Annex C impact Assessment: frequent services

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Published 11 March 2014
Last updated 5 February 2015 + show all updates

1. 5 February 2015

   Government response to the consultation on implementation of the Competition Commission remedies on bus registration published.

2. 11 March 2014

   First published.