(1)Subsection (2) applies in relation to a quality partnership scheme under section 114 of the Transport Act 2000 that—
(a)is in operation, or made but not yet in operation, immediately before the commencement date, and
(b)at that time relates only to the areas of one or more local transport authorities in England.
(2)The scheme is to be treated from the commencement date as if it were an advanced quality partnership scheme that had been made under section 113C of the Transport Act 2000 (inserted by section 1).
(3)Subsection (4) applies in relation to a quality partnership scheme that, as varied under section 120 of the Transport Act 2000 after the commencement date, relates only to the areas of one or more local transport authorities in England.
(4)The scheme is to be treated from the date on which the scheme as varied comes into operation as if it were an advanced quality partnership scheme that had been made under section 113C of the Transport Act 2000.
(5)In this section “the commencement date” is the date on which section 1 comes into force for all purposes.