The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020

Made4th March 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament6th March 2020

Coming into force19th March 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 130(2) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 20191.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 19 March 2020.

Appointed days2.

The following days are appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019—

(a)

19 March 2020 for section 122(1)(a), (2) and (3), and

(b)

1 April 2020 for section 122(1)(b).

MICHAEL MATHESON

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th March 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring section 122(1)(a), (2) and (3) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) into force on 19 March 2020 and section 122(1)(b) of that Act into force on 1 April 2020. Section 122 of the Act amends section 3 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 20052, paragraph 28 of schedule 3 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19753 and section 165(6) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19944. The amendments made through section 122 of the Act are intended to facilitate greater financial flexibility for Regional Transport Partnerships.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 15 November 2019. Sections 128 to 131 came into force on the following day.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

Provisions of the 2019 Act	Date of Commencement	Instrument No.
Section 1	15 January 2020	S.S.I. 2019/428
Section 2	15 January 2020	S.S.I. 2019/428
Section 3	15 January 2020	S.S.I. 2019/428
Section 4	15 January 2020	S.S.I. 2019/428
Section 5	15 January 2020	S.S.I. 2019/428
Section 25	15 January 2020	S.S.I. 2019/428