(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for existing facilities to form part of a quality partnership scheme. Quality partnership schemes were introduced by Part II of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.
Regulation 3 provides that existing facilities may form part of a quality partnership scheme where they were provided for no more than 5 years before the scheme is proposed.
Regulation 4 provides that existing facilities which were provided for more than 5 years but less than 10 years before the date the scheme is proposed may form part of a quality partnership scheme, but only where the consent of all bus operators using those facilities has been obtained.
Regulation 5 provides that a local transport authority must, in carrying out the consultation process, specify the date on which the existing facilities were provided.