Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 2)

[F1 SCHEDULE A1 S Bus services improvement partnership plans and schemes: procedures

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (4.12.2023) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 36(2), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch.

PART 4 S Powers of Scottish Ministers in relation to certain expressions used in this schedule

26 (1) Without limit to the generality of section 3M, the Scottish Ministers may by regulations specify— S

(a) the descriptions of local services that are qualifying local services for the purposes of this schedule,

(b) what constitutes a sufficient number of persons for the purposes of paragraphs 5(1), 7(4), 15(1), 17(4) and 24,

(c) how the qualifying time is to be determined for the purposes of paragraphs 13(a), 14(1), 15(1), 17(2) and (4), 23(1) and 24.

(2) Regulations made in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1)(b) may, in particular—

(a) require that a sufficient number of persons is—

(i) all persons providing qualifying local services in the area in question, or

(ii) such number of persons as, together, provide at least such proportion of the qualifying local services in the area in question as is specified in the regulations, in addition to being at least such proportion of all persons providing those services as is specified in the regulations,

(b) make provision about determining the proportion of qualifying local services provided by an operator, including provision about the time by reference to which the proportion is to be determined.]