Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Nick Raynsford

624

Clause     149,     page     85,     line     13,     leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate national authority'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

625

Clause     149,     page     85,     line     14,     leave out ', notification, payment, adjudication and enforcement' and insert 'and payment'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

626

Clause     149,     page     85,     line     21,     leave out subsection (3) and insert—

    '( ) Charging scheme penalty charges in respect of any motor vehicle shall be paid—

      (a) by the registered keeper of the motor vehicle, or

      (b) in circumstances specified in regulations made by the appropriate national authority, by such person as is so specified.

    ( ) The Lord Chancellor may make regulations about the notification, adjudication and enforcement of charging scheme penalty charges.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

627

Clause     149,     page     85,     line     39,     at end insert—

    '(5A) A person commits an offence if he removes a notice of a charging scheme penalty charge which has been fixed to a motor vehicle in accordance with regulations under this section unless—

      (a) he is the registered keeper of the vehicle or a person using the vehicle with his authority, or

      (b) he does so under the authority of the registered keeper or such a person or of the charging authority or any of the charging authorities.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

628

Clause     149,     page     85,     line     40,     leave out 'this section' and insert 'subsection (4) or (5)'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

629

Clause     149,     page     85,     line     44,     at end insert—

    '( ) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5A) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.'.


   

Mr Nick Raynsford

630

Clause     150,     page     86,     line     1,     leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate national authority'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

754

Clause     150,     page     86,     line     18,     at end insert 'where that person has good reason to believe an offence has been committed under section 149.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

631

Clause     150,     page     86,     line     19,     leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate national authority'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

632

Clause     150,     page     86,     line     33,     leave out from 'road' to end of line 34.


   

Mr Nick Raynsford

633

Clause     151,     page     86,     line     44,     leave out 'Secretary of State' and insert 'appropriate national authority'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

745

Clause     151,     page     86,     line     44,     leave out 'standards' and insert 'a common standard'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

634

Clause     151,     page     86,     line     45,     leave out 'used' and insert 'installed, or authorised to be installed, by charging authorities'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

635

Clause     151,     page     87,     line     1,     leave out 'used' and insert 'installed'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

392

Clause     151,     page     87,     line     3,     at end add—

    '(4) The charging authority may, after consultation with neighbouring local authorities covered by the local transport plan and organisations appearing to the authority to be representative of users of roads within the local transport plan area, close public highways to motor vehicles to assess the impact on traffic movement in the area generally and, in particular, on the use of roads where charges apply, for a period of up to twelve weeks.

    (5) The authority may use the results of the assessment of highway closures carried out under subsection (4) to incorporate highway closures into amendments to the local transport plan.'.


   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

755

Clause     152,     page     87,     line     4,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

756

Clause     152,     page     87,     line     10,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

757

Clause     152,     page     87,     line     13,     leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

746

Clause     152,     page     87,     line     24,     at end add—

    '(7) If the charging scheme includes a through route then the charging authority or authorities (acting jointly) must designate a preferred alternative route. This route must be provided with signs and enable traffic to follow the preferred alternative route to their destination.'.


   

Mr Nick Raynsford

636

Page     87,     line     28,     leave out Clause 153.


   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

770

Clause     154,     page     87,     line     30,     at beginning insert 'Payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

782

Clause     154,     page     87,     line     31,     at beginning insert—

    '( ) In this Part, charging authorities may impose charges in respect of workplace parking places at premises in the area covered by a scheme either through a "payment scheme" or a "licensing scheme", but not both.

    ( ) In this Part, "payment scheme" means a scheme for imposing charges in respect of the use of workplace parking places at premises in the area covered by the scheme, to be paid by the users of those places.'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

771

Clause     154,     page     87,     line     31,     leave out '"licensing' and insert '"payment and licensing'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

637

Clause     154,     page     87,     line     34,     at end insert—

    '( ) Charges imposed in respect of any premises by a licensing scheme under this Part shall be paid—

      (a) by the occupier of the premises, or

      (b) in circumstances specified in regulations made by the appropriate national authority, by such person as is so specified.'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

772

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     1,     after 'A', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

638

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     1,     leave out 'and operated'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

773

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     2,     after 'local', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

774

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     5,     after 'local', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

775

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     7,     after 'local-London', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

776

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     10,     after 'a', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

777

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     12,     after 'the', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

778

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     14,     after 'the', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

779

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     14,     after 'a', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

780

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     16,     after second 'the', insert 'payment and'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

781

Clause     154,     page     88,     line     18,     after 'local-London', insert 'payment and'.


   

Mr Don Foster

Mr Michael Moore

479

Clause     158,     page     89,     line     5,     after 'premises', insert 'which shall include out-of-town retail shopping complexes, entertainment facilities and warehouses'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

639

Clause     158,     page     89,     line     14,     at end insert 'engaged in the carrying on of any business of the body'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

758

Clause     158,     page     89,     line     33,     leave out from 'profession' to end of line 34.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

764

Clause     158,     page     89,     line     33,     at end insert 'employing more than 10 full-time employees'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

759

Clause     158,     page     90,     line     16,     at end insert—

    '(5B) A licence is only required for parking places that will be occupied by the same vehicle (or a different vehicle but driven by the same person) which parks at a given premises for over two hours more than three times in a seven day period. (Monday 00.01 to Sunday 24.00). When a vehicle parks at a given premises, for the purposes of this part it will be taken to park in the same space, although in reality this may not be the case.'.

 
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