{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-pension-protection-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-pension-protection-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3247",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality Contracts Schemes (Pension Protection) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-pension-protection-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Transport Act 2000;\n“relevant employee” means a transferring original employee who, as an employee of the original operator, had rights to acquire pension benefits; and\n“scheme” means a quality contracts scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The terms “original operator” and “transferring original employee” are defined in section 134B(10) of the Transport Act 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of section 162(1) of the Transport Act 2000, the term “quality contracts scheme” is to be construed in accordance with section 124(3) of the Transport Act 2000. This definition is amended by section 19(1) and (4) of the Local Transport Act 2008."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3247/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:59:00.861870+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}