Section 181A — Equality Act 2010: Information for bus passengers

Information for bus passengers 181A 1 The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of facilitating travel by disabled persons, make regulations requiring operators of local services to make available information about a local service to persons travelling on the service.

2 The regulations may make provision about—

a the descriptions of information that are to be made available;

b how information is to be made available.

3 The regulations may, in particular, require an operator of a local service to make available information of a prescribed description about—

a the name or other designation of the local service;

b the direction of travel;

c stopping places;

d diversions;

e connecting local services.

4 The regulations may, in particular—

a specify when information of a prescribed description is to be made available;

b specify how information of a prescribed description is to be made available, including requiring information to be both announced and displayed;

c specify standards for the provision of information, including standards based on an announcement being audible or a display being visible to a person of a prescribed description in a prescribed location;

d specify forms of communication that are not to be regarded as satisfying a requirement to make information available.

5 Regulations under this section may make different provision—

a as respects different descriptions of vehicle;

b as respects the same description of vehicle in different circumstances.

6 Before making regulations under this section, the Secretary of State must consult—

a the Welsh Ministers;

b the Scottish Ministers.