Transport Act 2000

129 Effect of scheme. E+W

(1) During any period in which the scheme [F1 , or (in the case of a scheme which provides for different provisions to come into operation on different dates) any provision of the scheme,] is in operation—

(a) sections 6 to 9 of the M1 Transport Act 1985 (registration of local services) do not have effect in relation to [F2 the area to which the scheme, or that provision, relates], and

(b) no local service shall be provided in that area (if there is a stopping place for the service in that area) unless it is provided under a quality contract [F3 or is an interim service (see section 132C)].

(2) But subsection (1) does not apply [F4 — ]

[F4 (a) so as to prevent the application of sections 6 to 9 of the Transport Act 1985 in relation to any service by virtue or in consequence of section 6B of that Act (application for registration or variation where quality contracts scheme in force),]

[F4 (b) so as to prevent the provision of any service registered under section 6 of the Transport Act 1985 by virtue of section 6B of that Act, or]

[F4 (c)] in relation to services which are excluded from the scheme as a result of any provision of the scheme made in accordance with section 127(4). 

(3) Where the exclusion of a local service from the scheme is made subject to conditions as a result of such a provision, those conditions are to be treated, during any period in which the scheme is in operation, as if they were prescribed particulars registered under section 6 of the M2 Transport Act 1985 of the service concerned.

[F5 (4) The authority or authorities must invite tenders in accordance with section 130 not later than—

(a) three months, or

(b) such other period as the appropriate national authority may by order specify,

after the scheme has been made. ]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 129(1) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 29(2)(a), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F2 Words in s. 129(1)(a) substituted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 29(2)(b), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F3 Words in s. 129(1)(b) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 29(2)(c), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F4 Words in s. 129(2) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 29(3), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

F5 S. 129(4) repealed (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 29(4), 134(4), Sch. 7 Pt. 2; S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 129 partly in force; s. 129 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 129 in force for specified purposes (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 3; s. 129 in force (E.) at 26.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M1 1985 c. 67.

M2 1985 c. 67.