Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2: power to amend conferred (17.10.2007 for specified purposes, 1.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), ss. 8(1), 9(1)(2), 10(1)(2), 15(1); S.I. 2007/2799, arts. 2, 3 (with art. 4)
C2Pt. 2: transfer of functions (1.4.2014) by The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/865), arts. 1, 8(1)(b) (with arts. 8(4), 12)
C3Pt. 2: transfer of functions (15.4.2014) by The Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1012), arts. 1, 8, 9 (with art. 11)
C4Pt. 2: delegation of functions (1.4.2016) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449), arts. 1(a), 6(b)
C5Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 8
C6Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (9.2.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(3), 8(1)
C7Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (3.3.2017) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/251), arts. 1(2)(b), 8(b)
C8Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (8.5.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/431), arts. 1(2), 4(1)(2)
C9Pt. 2: transfer of functions (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 7 (with art. 28)
C10Pt. 2 functions made exercisable (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 9 (with art. 28)
C11Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (W.) (28.2.2022) by The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/343), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C12Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (30.6.2022) by The North Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/339), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C13Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (30.6.2022) by The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/342), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C14Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (W.) (30.6.2022) by The South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/352), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)
C15Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 13(1)(2)
C16Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 15(1)
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 124 cross-heading inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), s. 26(3), Sch. 2 para. 6
(1)The authority or authorities who made the scheme (other than any to whose area the scheme no longer relates) may vary it by—
(a)increasing the area to which it relates (to no greater than the whole of their area or combined area) or adding to the description of local services which are to be provided under quality contracts,
(b)reducing that area or reducing the description of services, or
(c)providing for new exclusions from the scheme or for the variation or revocation of existing exclusions.
(2)The scheme may not be varied under subsection (1)(a) unless the conditions set out in [F2[F3subsection (1)(a) to (e)] of section 124 F4... ] are met with respect to the scheme as varied.
(3)The scheme may not be varied under subsection (1)(b) unless [F5the relevant conditions] —
(a)are no longer met with respect to it, but
(b)are met with respect to the scheme as varied.
(4)The authority or authorities who made the scheme (other than any to whose area the scheme no longer relates) may revoke the scheme—
(a)if [F6the relevant conditions] are no longer met with respect to it,
[F7(aa)if they consider that those conditions would no longer be met with respect to it if they were to act in accordance with a direction given by the [F8Upper] Tribunal under this Part, or]
(b)if they and one or more other authorities make a quality contracts scheme covering the whole or part of the area to which it relates.
[F9(4A)In subsections (3) and (4) “the relevant conditions” means—
(a)in the case of a scheme made under section 124(1) and not subsequently [F10continued in operation under section 131A or] varied under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the conditions set out in section [F11124(1)(a) to (e)];
F12(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)in the case of a scheme that has been [F13continued in operation under section 131A or] varied under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the conditions by reference to which it was last so [F14continued in operation or] varied.]
[F15(5)The variation or revocation of a scheme under subsection (1) or (4) is subject to the provisions of—
F16(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F16(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F16(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)subsection (9) (areas in Wales),
except to the extent that section 132B (exemption for specific variations directed by [F17Upper] Tribunal on appeal) otherwise provides.]
F18(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F18(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F18(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F15(9)The variation or revocation of a scheme for an area in Wales—
(a)requires the approval of the Welsh Ministers, except in the case of a variation which is an exempt variation, and
(b)is subject to the same procedure as the making of the scheme, except to the extent that that procedure is modified or excluded by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 133.]
[F15(10)Section 130 (tendering) applies to a varied scheme (whether or not the variation is an exempt variation) but subject to regulations made by the appropriate national authority under section 133(3).]
[F15(11)A variation of a scheme is an exempt variation for the purposes of this section if the variation is—
(a)a reduction in the area to which the scheme relates,
(b)a reduction in the descriptions of services which are to be provided under quality contracts, or
(c)the provision of new exclusions from the scheme,
and a “non-exempt variation” is any other variation of a scheme.]
[F19(12)]The appropriate national authority may by regulations provide that in prescribed circumstances quality contracts schemes may be revoked by that authority before coming into operation.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 132(2) substituted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 39(4)(a), 60(2); S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 132(2) substituted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(2), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F4Words in s. 132(2) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), s. 26(3), Sch. 2 para. 17(a)
F5Words in s. 132(3) substituted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 39(4)(b), 60(2); S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in s. 132(4) substituted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 39(4)(b), 60(2); S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch.
F7S. 132(4)(aa) substituted for word in s. 132(4)(a) (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(3), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F8Word in s. 132(4)(aa) substituted (27.1.2015) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Transport Tribunal) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/65), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5(e)
F9S. 132(4A) inserted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 39(4)(c)(5), 60(2); S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch.
F10Words in s. 132(4A)(a) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(4)(a), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F11Words in s. 132(4A)(a) substituted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(4)(b), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F12S. 132(4A)(b) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), s. 26(3), Sch. 2 para. 17(b)
F13Words in s. 132(4A)(c) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(4)(d), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F14Words in s. 132(4A)(c) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(4)(e), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F15S. 132(5)-(11) substituted for s. 132(5) (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(5), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F16S. 132(5)(a)-(c) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), s. 26(3), Sch. 2 para. 17(c)
F17Word in s. 132(5) substituted (27.1.2015) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Transport Tribunal) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/65), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5(e)
F18S. 132(6)-(8) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), s. 26(3), Sch. 2 para. 17(d)
F19S. 132(12): s. 132(6) renumbered as s. 132(12) (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 37(6), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C17S. 132: transfer of functions (27.1.2015) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Transport Tribunal) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/65), arts. 1, 2(2)(e) (with Sch. 2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 132 partly in force; s. 132 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 132(6) wholly in force and s. 132(1)-(5) in force for specified purposes (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3; s. 132 in force (E.) at 26.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch.