{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-qcs-boards-england-regulations-2009/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-qcs-boards-england-regulations-2009/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3243",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality Contracts Schemes (QCS Boards) (England) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-qcs-boards-england-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Designation of Commissioner",
  "text": "(1) The prescribed period for the purposes of section 126A(5)(a) and (b) (period within which Commissioner to be designated and authority notified) is 28 days, beginning with the date on which a notice sent by the authority or authorities by virtue of section 125(1)(d) (notice of proposed scheme) is received by the senior traffic commissioner.\n(2) Notice of the designation must be given to the authority or authorities in writing.\n(3) The prescribed period for the purposes of section 126A(5)(c) (period within which notice of designation must be published) is 14 days beginning with the date on which written notice was given by virtue of paragraph (2).\n(4) Notice of the designation must be published—\n(a) in at least one newspaper circulating in the area to which the proposed scheme relates; and\n(b) in such other ways as the senior traffic commissioner considers appropriate for the purpose of informing operators of local services and other interested persons about the designation.\n(5) Notice given or published by virtue of section 126A(5)(b) or (c) must—\n(a) include reference to the right of any person to request advice from the board under section 126B(2) (advice by boards or their Commissioners) about matters of a procedural nature; and\n(b) include the information necessary to enable any person wishing to make such a request to contact the board for advice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The term “Commissioner” is defined in section 126A(3)(a) of the Transport Act 2000."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 125 of the Transport Act 2000 was amended by section 20 of the Local Transport Act 2008."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "By virtue of section 162(3) of the Transport Act 2000, the term “local service” has the meaning given in section 2 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3243/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:59:03.848265+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."
}