These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28) (“the Act”) to revoke and replace Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and to make consequential amendments to update cross-references in primary and secondary legislation and retained EU law.
The purpose of these Regulations is to set out how competent authorities may act in the field of public passenger transport to guarantee the provision of services in the general interest. To this end, these Regulations set out the conditions under which competent authorities, when imposing or contracting for public service obligations, compensate public service operators for costs incurred or grant exclusive rights in return for the discharge of public service obligations.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.
An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.