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Mr Don Foster 383 Clause 95, page 56, line 43, at end insert—
Mr Nick Raynsford 423 *Clause 95, page 57, line 6, leave out from 'each' to end of line 9 and insert 'authority, council, operator or organisation consulted under subsection (1)'.
Mr Don Foster 384 Clause 96, page 57, line 36, leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.
Mr Don Foster 385 Clause 96, page 57, line 38, leave out from 'meet' to end of line 40 and insert—
Mr Bernard Jenkin 18 Clause 96, page 57, line 38, leave out from 'meet' to end of line 40.
Mr Nick Raynsford 424 *Clause 96, page 57, line 42, after 'road' insert 'or other place'.
Mr Don Foster 386 Clause 100, page 60, leave out lines 17 and 18.
Mr Don Foster 387 Clause 100, page 60, line 18, at end insert 'and
Mr Don Foster 388 Clause 101, page 60, line 33, at end insert—'( ) Where the consent of the operator or operators to revoke a scheme under the terms of subsection (2) above is not forthcoming, the authority or authorities may, after due consultation with the operator or operators, and user groups, and having given notice of their intention, terminate the scheme within twelve months.'.
Mr Don Foster 389 Clause 104, page 61, line 26, leave out from 'area' to end of line 32 and insert—'(1A) The scheme proposed will implement the policies set out in the authority's current integrated transport strategy in the area to which the proposed scheme relates in a way that will enhance the benefits brought to persons using those services, and can demonstrate effects which are environmentally beneficial.'.
Mr Don Foster 390 Clause 104, page 62, line 5, leave out 'another person' and insert 'other persons'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 19 Clause 104, page 62, line 5, leave out 'exclusive'.
Mr Don Foster 391 Clause 115, page 68, line 35, at end insert—'( ) A local transport authority may specify in a ticketing scheme that tickets shall be sold in advance of the journey and that operators shall sell the tickets for any journey covered by the ticketing scheme.'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 425 *Clause 119, page 69, line 42, at end insert ', and
Mr Nick Raynsford 426 *Clause 120, page 70, line 37, at end insert—'( ) The authority must give notice of any requirement imposed under subsection (3) to the traffic commissioner for the traffic area covering their area.'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 427 *Clause 124, page 71, line 42, leave out 'qualifying for fuel duty grant' and insert 'in relation to which fuel used in operating the service falls to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating grant payable to the operator of the service under section 92 of that Act'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 428 *Clause 130, page 76, leave out line 24 and insert 'made jointly by the Passenger Transport Authority for the area and the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area.".'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 429 *Schedule 10, page 174, line 2, at end insert—
'Finance Act 1965 (c.25) A1. In section 92(8) of the Finance Act 1965 (grants towards duty charged on bus fuel), in the definition of "bus service"—
Mr Nick Raynsford 430 *Schedule 10, page 174, line 18, leave out 'Authority's'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 431 *Schedule 10, page 174, line 19, at end insert 'made jointly by the Authority and the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 432 *Schedule 10, page 174, line 43, leave out 'at the end of paragraph (b)' and insert 'in paragraph (b), after "section"'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 433 *Clause 138, page 80, line 37, at end insert—'( ) References in this Part to the local transport plan or bus strategy of a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area are to the local transport plan or bus strategy made jointly by the Passenger Transport Authority and the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area.'.
Mr Nick Raynsford 434 *Clause 138, page 80, line 41, leave out subsection (7).
NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART IIRole of metropolitan district councils
Mr Nick Raynsford NC7 *To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) The duties imposed on a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area by sections 92(1)(a) and (3), 93(1), (2) and (4), 94(1) and 95(2) shall be performed by—
acting jointly. (2) The duties imposed on a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area by sections 92(1)(b), 93(5) and (6) and 94(3) are also duties of each of the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area.'.
National road safety plan
Mr Bernard Jenkin NC1 To move the following Clause:—'(1) The Secretary of State shall develop and implement policies for the promotion of the safety of all road users. (2) The Secretary of State shall prepare each year a document which shall be known as the national road safety plan containing his policies under subsection (1), which shall be laid before Parliament for approval by both Houses of Parliament before coming into effect. (3) The plan shall contain targets for the reductions of deaths and injuries among all road users and pedestrians and explanations of the means for achieving those reductions.'.
Bus services: provision by local authority
Mr Don Foster NC4 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) A local transport authority, or two or more such authorities acting jointly, may use their own vehicles, or vehicles leased to them, to provide bus services in the whole or part of their area, or combined area, if they are satisfied that this is the most economic, efficient and effective way in which they will be able to implement the policies set out in their current integrated transport strategy. (2) A local authority, which is not a local transport authority, shall be regarded for the purposes of this Act as being a bus operator and may apply to run services using their own vehicles or vehicles leased to them.'.
Bus services: registrations
Mr Don Foster NC5 To move the following Clause:—'The traffic commissioner, acting under section 6 of the Transport Act 1985 in his capacity as the registration authority, may refuse or vary the timing of a registration of a bus service, where it appears to him that the primary aim of the registration is to disrupt the business of a competitor.'.
Bus service variations
Mr Don Foster NC6 To move the following Clause:—'An operator who seeks to vary departure times within five minutes for bus services which have been registered with the traffic commissioner must seek a new registration for such a variation.'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 20 Page 82, line 29, leave out Clause 144.
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