1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Quality Contracts Schemes (Tendering Requirements) (England) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 11th January 2010.
(2) These Regulations apply as respects schemes which relate to areas in England only(1).
The power to make Regulations under the sections of the Transport Act 2000 cited in the preamble rests with the “appropriate national authority”, as defined in section 162(1) of that Act. The power to make Regulations as respects Wales rests, therefore, with the Welsh Ministers.