The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2023

Revocation and savings

37.—(1) Articles 2 and 4 to 17 of the 2001 Order (interpretation and competition test for exercise of bus functions) are revoked.

(2) Despite their revocation by paragraph (1), articles 2 and 4 to 17 of the 2001 Order continue to have effect as they did immediately before the coming into force of this Order for all purposes in relation to—

(a) the making and varying of quality partnership schemes(1),

(b) the making and varying of ticketing schemes(2) made before the coming into force of this Part.

(3) Despite its revocation by paragraph (1), article 14 of the 2001 Order continues to have effect as it did immediately before the coming into force of this Order in relation to inviting and accepting tenders under sections 89 or 91 of the 1985 Act (subsidised services).

(4) In this article “the 2001 Order” means the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (Conditions attached to PSV Operator’s Licence and Competition Test for Exercise of Bus Functions) Order 2001(3).

(1)

See section 3(3) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 2) for the meaning of “quality partnership scheme”. Section 3 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 was repealed by section 35(2) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.

(2)

See section 29(3), with section 82(1), of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 for the meaning of “ticketing schemes”. Section 29 was relevantly amended by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), section 44. There are amendments to section 82(1) which are not relevant to this definition.

(3)

S.I. 2001/2748. References to “Director” were amended to “CMA” by S.I. 2014/549, Schedule 1, paragraph 31.