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Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill - continued	House of Commons

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National road safety plan

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

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
Mr Michael Moore

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
Mr Michael Moore

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
Mr Michael Moore

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
Mr Michael Moore

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.'.

Taxis used on stage carriage services

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

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
Mr Michael Moore

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—

(a) the facilities provided by the authority or authorities,

(b) performance against the standard of services provided by operators of local services specified in the scheme.'.

No fare services

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

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
Mr Michael Moore

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.'.

Publication by Traffic Commissioners of performance information

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

NC14

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) A local bus operator must, on a quarterly basis, provide the Traffic Commissioners with data on passengers, fare levels, costs, scheduled mileage and actual mileage as part of its claim for fuel duty rebate.

(2) The Traffic Commissioners may publish such information in a specified format for each region.'.

Quiet lanes and home zones

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

NC16

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) A local traffic authority may—

(a) designate any restricted residential road or roads within their area and for which they are the traffic authority as a home zone;

(b) designate any rural road or roads within their area and for which they are the traffic authority as a quiet lane.

(2) Designations of home zones or quiet lanes may be made for any or all of the following purposes—

(a) improving the environment;

(b) improving the safety and security of the community whose area the home zone is situated;

(c) improving safety on rural roads, especially for pedestrians, pedal cyclists and horse riders, by reducing the risks of accidents;

(d) promoting integrated transport policies;

(e) encouraging the enjoyment of the countryside;

(f) improving facilities for pedestrians or pedal cyclists;

(g) protecting the character and distinctiveness of the countryside from damage by traffic.

(3) Before designating a quiet lane or home zone, a local traffic authority shall consult—

(a) in England, any county council, district council, unitary authority, London borough, town council or parish council;

(b) in Wales, any unitary authority or community council;

(c) such bodies or persons concerned with the protection of the environment and such representatives of relevant road user groups or local businesses as they think fit in any area which may be directly affected by the designation.

(4) For the purposes of this Act a home zone is an area within which—

(a) pedestrians and pedal cyclists have precedence on any highway and in relation to which the driver of any mechanically powered vehicle shall accord such precedence to any pedestrian or pedal cyclist; and

(b) the speed limit does not exceed 10mph.

(5) For the purposes of this Act a quiet lane is a rural road or roads along which—

(a) pedestrians, pedal cyclists and horse riders have precedence on any highway and in relation to which the driver of any mechanically powered vehicles shall accord such precedence to any pedestrian, pedal cyclist or horse rider; and

(b) the speed limit does not exceed 20mph.

(6) Within six months of a home zone being designated the highway authority shall introduce such traffic calming works and other measures as it deems appropriate.

(7) As soon as it is practicable and no later than six months after the coming into force of this Act the Secretary of State shall—

(a) make regulations by statutory instrument making provision for the way in which a highway authority may seek his approval for designating a home zone or quiet lane or for setting the speed limit on any restricted road or rural road pursuant to this Act;

(b) issue guidance as to the way in which a highway authority shall exercise its powers for home zones and quiet lanes.

(8) Guidance under this section shall include guidance on—

(a) the meaning of "rural road";

(b) the procedures of designating a rural road as a quiet lane or restricted residential road as a home zone;

(d) traffic signs for quiet lanes; and

(e) the use of traffic calming measures for quiet lanes in ways which do not harm the quality of the local environment.

(9) The Secretary of State may, if he deems it appropriate, issue different guidance for different authorities or different types of authority or for different areas.'.

Disposal of interests by local authorities

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

NC17

To move the following Clause:—

'.— Any local transport authority which owns an interest in a provider of local transport services must make provision for disposal of that interest at a commercial price within 24 months of this Act coming into force.'.

Special tourist services

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

NC21

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) Where one or more special services for tourists is or is proposed to be provided, the authority must designate this service as an additional service within the meaning of section 94(1)(c) above.

(2) Such a service shall not be required to operate to a timetable and shall not be eligible for fuel duty rebate.'.

Vehicles used for tourist services

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

NC22

To move the following Clause:—

'.—Where one or more special services for tourists is or is proposed to be provided, operators of such services must ensure that vehicles used shall—

(a) have not more than 30 seats;

(b) be powered by an engine which is either—

(i) a diesel engine using ultra-low sulphur fuel and fitted on the exhaust with a particulate trap, or

(ii) fuelled by a compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas, or

(iii) fuelled by petroleum spirit, or

(iv) fuelled by alcohol, or

(v) electrically driven, or

(vi) a hybrid engine;

(d) be designed so that any commentary provided to passengers shall not be audible outside the vehicle;

(e) be less than 5 years old.'.