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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 Bernard Jenkin 565 Clause 130, page 76, line 26, after 'secure', insert 'local'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 537 Clause 130, page 76, line 30, leave out subsection (4).
Mr Bernard Jenkin 566 Clause 131, page 76, line 37, leave out 'bus' and insert 'local'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 567 Clause 131, page 76, line 38, after 'those', insert 'local'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 568 Clause 131, page 77, line 3, leave out first 'bus' and insert 'local'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 538 Clause 131, page 77, line 6, at end insert—'(5A) When making regulations under subsection (5) above, the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales shall consult with representatives of operators of eligible bus services.'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 539 Clause 131, page 77, line 9, leave out from 'grant)' to end and insert 'shall also be available to—
Mr Bernard Jenkin 540 Clause 133, page 77, line 43, after 'service', insert 'or community transport service or community dial-a-ride schemes'.
Mr Bernard Jenkin 569 Clause 135, page 78, line 32, after 'any', insert 'local'.
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 Bernard Jenkin 570 Clause 138, page 79, line 29, at end insert '"local services" has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Transport Act 1985;'.
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.'.
Deregistration
Mr Don Foster NC8 To move the following Clause:—'.—The period of notice given by the traffic commissioner that he intends to deregister a registered bus service must be 56 days.'.
Bus operating centres
Mr Don Foster NC9 To move the following Clause:—'.—In permitting bus operators to establish an operating centre under section 14 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, the Traffic Commissioner must be satisfied that the centre is available, suitable, and of sufficient capacity, and must take into account the suitability of the local public road network for the establishment of such a centre.'.
Taxis used on stage carriage services
Mr Don Foster NC10 To move the following Clause:—'.—For the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 a taxi used as a bus on a stage carriage service may have up to 12 seats.'.
Publication
Mr Don Foster NC11 To move the following Clause:—'.—A local authority or authorities making a quality partnership scheme under section 98 must publish annually in at least one newspaper circulating in the area to which the scheme relates information about—
No fare services
Mr Don Foster NC12 To move the following Clause:—'.—Where an operator proposes to operate a bus service for which no fares will be collected, that service shall be subject to registration in the usual way.'.
Taxi and private hire services: environmental protection
Mr Don Foster NC13 To move the following Clause:—'.—Each local transport authority, in preparing its local transport plan, must include a scheme requiring operators of taxis and private hire vehicles to fit them with catalysts and particulate traps and to submit such taxis and private hire vehicles to inspection and testing.'.
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