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# The Bus Services Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 1136 (C. 96)
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT, ENGLAND
The Bus Services Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2026
Made
26th October 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(5)(b) and (7) of the Bus Services Act 2025.

## 1 Citation, extent, application and interpretation {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Bus Services Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
(4) In these Regulations—
“the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 2000;
“the 2025 Act” means the Bus Services Act 2025.

## 2 Provisions coming into force on 29th October 2026 {#regulation-2}

The following provisions of the 2025 Act come into force on 29th October 2026—
(a) section 9 (report on assessment of proposed scheme);
(b) section 37 (use of zero-emission vehicles for local services in England).

## 3 Transitional provision {#regulation-3}

(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a franchising authority obtains a report on the assessment of a proposed franchising scheme under section 123D of the 2000 Act during the period—
(a) beginning on 29th October 2026, and
(b) ending at 11.59 p.m. on the day before the first regulations to be made by the Secretary of State under section 123D(8) of the 2000 Act come into force.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, a franchising authority—
(a) must not follow the requirements for obtaining a report on the assessment of a proposed franchising scheme under section 123D of the 2000 Act as amended by section 9 of the 2025 Act, but
(b) must follow the requirements for obtaining a report on the assessment of a proposed franchising scheme under section 123D of the 2000 Act as if section 9 of the 2025 Act had not been brought into force.