These Regulations make provision about local services with stopping places in England only, and cater for the transition of the bus market into, and out of, franchising. They make provision about registrations, variations and cancellations when a franchising scheme has been made but before sections 6 to 9 (registration of local services) of the Transport Act 1985 (“1985 Act”) cease to have effect in a franchising scheme area. They also make provision which enable services which could not otherwise be registered when a franchising scheme is in operation, to be registered, varied or cancelled, and provide that the relevant notice period in relation to such services expires when a service no longer has a stopping place in any franchising scheme area.