Part 3Bus services

Quality contracts schemes: miscellaneous and supplementary provisions

I142Power to make transitional provision about schemes

1

Section 134 of the TA 2000 (transitional provision about schemes) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)(a) (transitional provision about the coming into operation of quality contracts schemes) after “quality contracts schemes” insert “ or of provisions of such schemes ”.

3

In subsection (1)(b) (transitional provision in connection with variation of schemes) before “variation” insert “ continuation in operation or ”.

4

In subsection (2) (application or disapplication, with or without modifications, of sections 6 to 9 of the TA 1985) in paragraph (a), after “(registration of local services)” insert “ , or of sections 89 to 92 of that Act (obligation to invite tenders etc), ”.

5

At the end of the section insert—

3

Any regulations made by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) are not to have effect in the case of any quality contracts scheme as respects any time before the making of the scheme.