# The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2019, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring Part 1 and section 25 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) into force on 15 January 2020. Part 1 of the Act concerns the preparation, consultation, publication, review and reporting of the national transport strategy. Section 25 provides the Scottish Ministers with grant making powers for the purposes of supporting a person’s costs in making alternations to a vehicle to reduce its emissions and for the purposes of supporting a local authority to meet its costs in determining, making, operating or revoking a low emission zone scheme under Part 2 of the Act.
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 15 November 2019. Sections 128 to 131 came into force on the following day.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/428/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2019-commencement-no-1-regulations-2019/note
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