# The Existing Facilities in Quality Partnership Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for existing facilities to form part of a quality partnership scheme. Quality partnership schemes were introduced by Part II of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.
Regulation 3 provides that existing facilities may form part of a quality partnership scheme where they were provided for no more than 5 years before the scheme is proposed.
Regulation 4 provides that existing facilities which were provided for more than 5 years but less than 10 years before the date the scheme is proposed may form part of a quality partnership scheme, but only where the consent of all bus operators using those facilities has been obtained.
Regulation 5 provides that a local transport authority must, in carrying out the consultation process, specify the date on which the existing facilities were provided.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/218/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/existing-facilities-in-quality-partnership-schemes-scotland-regulations-2001/note
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