Statutory Instruments
2002 No 182
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT,ENGLAND AND WALES
The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002
Made
31st January 2002
Laid before Parliament
1st February 2002
Coming into force
1st March 2002
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(3)(a), (8)(a) and (9)(a) of the Transport Act 1985( 1 ), and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 61(2) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981( 2 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st March 2002.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only( 3 ).
Amendment of the principal regulations
2. —(1)The Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) Regulations 1986( 4 ) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Regulation 5(1)(a) for “42 days” substitute “56 days”.
(3)Regulation 9(2)(c) is revoked.
Transitional provisions
3.Regulation 2(2) shall not apply in relation to any registration, or any application to vary or cancel a registration, in respect of which an application is made before the date of the coming into force of these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Sally Keeble
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
31st January 2002
1981 c. 14 ; section 61(2) was amended by section 139(3) of the Transport Act 1985. Section 135(1) of the 1985 Act provides that section 61 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 is to have effect as if Parts I and II of the Transport Act 1985 were contained in that Act.
Competence to make regulations in respect of Scotland has been devolved by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) .