Transport Act 2000

133 Regulations about schemes. E+W

(1) The appropriate national authority may by regulations make further provision with respect to—

(a) the procedure to be followed when making, [F1 continuing,] varying or revoking quality contracts schemes,

(b) the approval of schemes [F2 for areas in Wales],

[F3 (bb) the procedure to be followed by local transport authorities for areas in England when discharging functions that relate to a QCS board,]

[F3 (bc) the procedure to be followed by QCS boards when discharging functions relating to proposed schemes for areas in England,]

(c) the local services or classes of local services which are to be, or may be, excluded from schemes,

(d) the conditions which must be, or may be, attached to such exclusions, and

(e) such other incidental matters in connection with quality contracts schemes as the appropriate national authority thinks fit.

(2) The regulations may in particular make provision with respect to—

(a) giving notice of proposed schemes or proposed [F4 continuations,] variations or revocation of schemes,

(b) objections to such proposals,

(c) the holding of inquiries or hearings into objections,

(d) modifications of such proposals,

(e) the form and manner of applications for approval of such proposals [F5 for areas in Wales],

[F6 (ee) the procedure for determining such applications,]

[F6 (ef) the form and manner of requests under section 126C(4) relating to proposed schemes for areas in England,]

[F6 (eg) the form and manner in which copies of proposed schemes for such areas are to be sent to a QCS board under section 126C(5),]

[F6 (eh) the giving of notice, and the preparation and publication of reports, by QCS boards under section 126D(5),]

[F6 (ei) the form and manner of responses by local transport authorities to such reports,]

(f) the form of schemes [F7 , continuations] or variations, and

(g) giving notice of schemes which have been made or of the [F8 continuation,] variation or revocation of schemes.

[F9 (3) The appropriate national authority may also make regulations modifying or excluding the application of provisions of this Part, so far as relating to quality contracts schemes, in cases where a local transport authority, or two or more local transport authorities acting jointly, do any of the following—

(a) by virtue of section 126C(6), send to a QCS board a further request under section 126C(4) and modified proposals under section 126C(5),

(b) propose or decide that a scheme should continue in operation (with or without modification) under section 131A,

(c) propose or decide to vary or revoke a scheme under section 132.

(4) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (3) must not exclude any requirement for the authority or authorities—

(a) under section 126, to obtain the approval of the Welsh Ministers,

(b) under section 127(1A), to publish their response to the report of the QCS board.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 133(1)(a) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(2), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F2 Words in s. 133(1)(b) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(3), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F3 S. 133(1)(bb)(bc) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(4), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F4 Word in s. 133(2)(a) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(5)(a), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F5 Words in s. 133(2)(e) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(5)(b), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F6 S. 133(2)(ee)-(ei) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(5)(c), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F7 Word in s. 133(2)(f) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(5)(d), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F8 Word in s. 133(2)(g) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(5)(e), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F9 S. 133(3)(4) inserted (26.11.2008 for specified purposes, 11.1.2010 for E. in so far as not already in force) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 41(6), 134(1)(c)(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 133 wholly in force at 26.10.2001; s. 133 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 133 in force (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 2; s. 133 in force (E.) at 26.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch.