Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 3248
Public Passenger Transport, England
The Quality Partnership Schemes (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made
7th December 2009
Laid before Parliament
14th December 2009
Coming into force
11th January 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122(1)(aa), (3)(g) and (6) of the Transport Act 2000( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has consulted the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council in accordance with paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007( 2 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Quality Partnership Schemes (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 11th January 2010.
(2) These Regulations apply to England only( 3 ).
Amendment of the Quality Partnership Schemes (England) Regulations 2009
2. —(1)Regulation 13 of the Quality Partnership Schemes (England) Regulations 2009( 4 ) (assessors to assist traffic commissioners) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2) substitute—
“ (2) In making such a determination the traffic commissioner may be assisted by—
(a) an assessor selected from a panel of persons appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 17A of the 1981 Act ( 5 ) (assessors to assist traffic commissioners); or
(b) a person drawn from a panel of persons appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 126A of the Act ( 6 ) (boards for proposed schemes for areas in England). ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Sadiq Khan
Minister of State
Department for Transport
7th December 2009
2000 c. 38 . Section 122(1)(aa), (3)(g) and (6) were inserted by section 18(1) to (3) of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26) . The power to make Regulations under section 122 of the Transport Act 2000 rests with the “appropriate national authority”, as defined in section 162(1) of that Act.
2007 c. 15 . The effect of paragraph 24(1) of Schedule 7 to this Act is that the power of the Secretary of State to make procedural rules for any listed tribunal can be exercised only after consultation with the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council. The traffic commissioners for areas in England and Wales are a listed tribunal for the purposes of paragraph 24(1) by virtue of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) Order 2007 ( S.I. 2007/2951 ).
For the reasons described in footnote (a), the power to make Regulations as respects Wales rests with the Welsh Ministers.
Section 17A of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14) was inserted by section 5 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) .
Section 126A of the Transport Act 2000 was inserted by section 22(1) of the Local Transport Act 2008.