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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advanced-quality-partnership-schemes-existing-facilities-england-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Advanced Quality Partnership Schemes (Existing Facilities) (England) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advanced-quality-partnership-schemes-existing-facilities-england-regulations-2018",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provisions relating to the inclusion of existing facilities in an advanced quality partnership scheme in England. In particular they allow operators of local services to object to the inclusion in a scheme of facilities which have been in place for more than five years.\nRegulation 3 provides that an existing facility which was first provided more than 5 years before the date on which notice of the proposed scheme is given cannot form part of an advanced quality partnership scheme if an objection is made by an operator of local services, unless the objection is withdrawn by the operator who made it.\nRegulation 4 provides that any objection made under Regulation 3 must be given in writing and be served on the appropriate authority within the period specified in the notice of the proposed scheme. The authority must give at least 42 days, from the date the notice was given under section 113G(1) of the Transport Act 2000, within which to make any objection.\nRegulation 5 modifies section 113G so that the notice of a proposed scheme under section 113G(1) must also state when the authority believes each relevant existing facility was first provided. Where more than one authority proposes to make the scheme, the authority in whose area the existing facility is situated is responsible for making the statement. The authority must also specify in the notice given under section 113G(1) the period within which an operator of local services should make an objection.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations. However an assessment was made of the impact of the Bus Services Bill and this was updated to take account of any additional impacts of the regulations relating to advanced quality partnership schemes. Copies of the assessment may be obtained from the Buses and Taxis Division, Department for Transport, 2/12 Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR or from the Bus Services Bill page on gov.uk\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/589730/bus-services-bill-ia-for-regulations-secodary-legislation.pdf\nAn Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument has been published alongside these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/22/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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