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The Automated Vehicles (Permits for Automated Passenger Services) Regulations 2026

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10 Disclosure and use of information

(1) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share any of the information described in paragraph (2), the recipient may disclose that information to any person for any purpose. (2) The information in this paragraph is— (a) information about routes, stopping places, timetables, fares and tickets, (b) information about changes or proposed changes to routes, stopping places, timetables, fares and tickets, and (c) information about the operation of services, including— (i) live information, that is to say information provided immediately it becomes available about the location of vehicles operating the services and the time at which they stop, or are expected to stop, at stopping places, and (ii) information about the operation of services in the past. (3) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information about accidents with the police, the recipient may use that information for any purpose for which the recipient could use a report made under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (duty of driver to stop, report accident and give information or documents). (4) Paragraph (5) applies where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information with a person listed in paragraph (6) to enable that person to respond to incidents in a way that prevents or minimises the risk of damage, injury or fire. (5) Where this paragraph applies, the recipient may disclose the information to any other person listed in paragraph (6) for the purpose of preventing or minimising the risk of damage, injury or fire. (6) Those persons are— (a) an ambulance service; (b) a fire and rescue service; (c) a police force. (7) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information about safety-related incidents with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of providing information about safety-related incidents, disclose that information to any person if the Secretary of State considers it would be in the public interest to do so and the information disclosed is factual. (8) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may disclose that information to— (a) the police, the Health and Safety Executive or any other prosecuting agency for the purpose of investigating potential criminal offences; (b) a traffic commissioner, a court or any other appellate body for the purpose of any appeal or court proceedings for which the information is relevant. (9) Where— (a) a permit condition requires the permit holder to publish information, (b) the permit holder has not published that information, and (c) the permit holder has shared the information with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may disclose that information to any person for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the permit condition. (10) Where the permit holder provides a complaints-handling organisation with information about a complaint, that complaints-handling organisation may disclose that information to the complainant. (11) In this regulation— “ambulance service” means— a relevant NHS body providing ambulance services (including air ambulance services), or a person providing such services pursuant to arrangements made by, or at the request of, a relevant NHS body; a person acting for the Scottish Ambulance Service Board in exercise of the function referred to in article 4 (1) (a) of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board Order 1999 (exercise by the Board of function of providing ambulances and other means of transport for ill and other persons); “fire and rescue service” means— a fire and rescue authority in England and Wales, which has the meaning given in the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, which has the meaning given in the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; “relevant NHS body” means— the Secretary of State in the exercise of public health functions; NHS England; an integrated care board; an NHS foundation trust; a National Health Service Trust; a Special Health Authority; a Local Health Board. (12) In paragraph (11), paragraphs (b) to (g) in the definition of “relevant NHS body” have the meanings given in the National Health Service Act 2006.

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10 Disclosure and use of information

(1) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share any of the information described in paragraph (2), the recipient may disclose that information to any person for any purpose. (2) The information in this paragraph is— (a) information about routes, stopping places, timetables, fares and tickets, (b) information about changes or proposed changes to routes, stopping places, timetables, fares and tickets, and (c) information about the operation of services, including— (i) live information, that is to say information provided immediately it becomes available about the location of vehicles operating the services and the time at which they stop, or are expected to stop, at stopping places, and (ii) information about the operation of services in the past. (3) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information about accidents with the police, the recipient may use that information for any purpose for which the recipient could use a report made under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (duty of driver to stop, report accident and give information or documents). (4) Paragraph (5) applies where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information with a person listed in paragraph (6) to enable that person to respond to incidents in a way that prevents or minimises the risk of damage, injury or fire. (5) Where this paragraph applies, the recipient may disclose the information to any other person listed in paragraph (6) for the purpose of preventing or minimising the risk of damage, injury or fire. (6) Those persons are— (a) an ambulance service; (b) a fire and rescue service; (c) a police force. (7) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information about safety-related incidents with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of providing information about safety-related incidents, disclose that information to any person if the Secretary of State considers it would be in the public interest to do so and the information disclosed is factual. (8) Where a permit condition requires the permit holder to share information with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may disclose that information to— (a) the police, the Health and Safety Executive or any other prosecuting agency for the purpose of investigating potential criminal offences; (b) a traffic commissioner, a court or any other appellate body for the purpose of any appeal or court proceedings for which the information is relevant. (9) Where— (a) a permit condition requires the permit holder to publish information, (b) the permit holder has not published that information, and (c) the permit holder has shared the information with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may disclose that information to any person for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the permit condition. (10) Where the permit holder provides a complaints-handling organisation with information about a complaint, that complaints-handling organisation may disclose that information to the complainant. (11) In this regulation— “ambulance service” means— a relevant NHS body providing ambulance services (including air ambulance services), or a person providing such services pursuant to arrangements made by, or at the request of, a relevant NHS body; a person acting for the Scottish Ambulance Service Board in exercise of the function referred to in article 4 (1) (a) of the Scottish Ambulance Service Board Order 1999 (exercise by the Board of function of providing ambulances and other means of transport for ill and other persons); “fire and rescue service” means— a fire and rescue authority in England and Wales, which has the meaning given in the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, which has the meaning given in the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; “relevant NHS body” means— the Secretary of State in the exercise of public health functions; NHS England; an integrated care board; an NHS foundation trust; a National Health Service Trust; a Special Health Authority; a Local Health Board. (12) In paragraph (11), paragraphs (b) to (g) in the definition of “relevant NHS body” have the meanings given in the National Health Service Act 2006.

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