Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 99
Road Traffic
The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
2nd February 2017
Laid before Parliament
7th February 2017
Coming into force
1st March 2017
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has been designated( 2 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to the carriage of passengers and goods by road.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st March 2017.
(2) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.
Amendment of Regulations
2. —(1) The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013( 3 ) are amended as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(1)—
(a) after the definition of “enforcement authority”, insert—
“ “exemption period” means the period which commences on 1st March 2017 and ends at midnight on 28th February 2021; ” ; and
(b) omit the definition of “initial exemption period”.
(3) In regulations 4(1) and 5(1), for “the initial exemption period”, substitute “the exemption period”.
Amendment of the Consumer Rights Act 2015
3. In section 48 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015( 4 ) (contracts covered by Chapter 4 of Part 1), after subsection (3) insert—
“ (3A) This Chapter does not apply to anything that is governed by Regulation ( EU ) No 181/2011 ( 5 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation ( (EC) No 2006/2004 6 ) . ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Andrew Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
2nd February 2017
1972 c.68 ; section 2(2) has been amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) , section 27(1)(a); and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) , Schedule, Part 1.
S.I. 1996/266 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
OJ No L 55, 28.02.11, p1.
OJ No L 364, 09.12.04, p1.