The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020

Made: 4th March 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 6th March 2020

Coming into force: 19th March 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 130(2) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 19 March 2020.

Appointed days

2

The following days are appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019—

• (a) 19 March 2020 for section 122(1)(a), (2) and (3), and

• (b) 1 April 2020 for section 122(1)(b).

Signed

MICHAEL MATHESON — A member of the Scottish Government — 4th March 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations bring section 122(1)(a), (2) and (3) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) into force on 19 March 2020 and section 122(1)(b) of that Act into force on 1 April 2020. Section 122 of the Act amends section 3 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005[^f00002], paragraph 28 of schedule 3 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975[^f00003] and section 165(6) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994[^f00004]. The amendments made through section 122 of the Act are intended to facilitate greater financial flexibility for Regional Transport Partnerships.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 15 November 2019. Sections 128 to 131 came into force on the following day.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2019 asp 17.

[^f00002]: 2005 asp 12.

[^f00003]: 1975 c.30.

[^f00004]: 1994 c.39.