1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Quality Contracts Schemes) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009.
(2) These Regulations come into force—
(a)as respects England, on 11th January 2010; and
(b)as respects Wales, on the date appointed by the Welsh Ministers for the coming into force in Wales of section 127 of the Transport Act 2000(1) (in so far as it is not already in force).
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales(2).
2000 c. 38. Section 127 is in force in Wales only in so far as it relates to the powers to make Regulations under sections 128(4), 130(8), 131(2) to (4), 132(6), 133 and 134 (see S.I. 2001/2788, article 2 and Schedule 1 paragraph 3). Section 127 is amended by section 26 of the Local Transport Act 2008 and those amendments will come into force on a day to be appointed by the Welsh Ministers.
The power to make regulations under section 6 of the Transport Act 1985 has been transferred to the Scottish Ministers under section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Section 6B of the Transport Act 1985 extends only to England and Wales.