Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

387

Clause     100,     page     60,     line     18,     at end insert 'and

      (c) he provides the service having due regard to the local transport plan and has consulted with all the relevant local authorities.'.


   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

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
Mr Michael Moore

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
Mr Michael Moore

390

Clause     104,     page     62,     line     5,     leave out 'another person' and insert 'other persons'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

19

Clause     104,     page     62,     line     5,     leave out 'exclusive'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

449

*Clause     104,     page     62,     line     5,     after 'exclusive', insert 'or shared'.


   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

471

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     10,     leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

472

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     13,     leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

473

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     16,     leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

474

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     18,     leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

475

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     23,     leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

476

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     28,     leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

477

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     30,     leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

478

*Clause     106,     page     63,     line     32,     at end add—

    '( ) "The appropriate regional authority" in this section shall be the regional development agency.'.


   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

450

*Clause     107,     page     63,     line     35,     leave out 'six' and insert 'twelve'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

451

*Clause     107,     page     63,     line     41,     leave out from 'must' to end of line 42 and insert 'be set out in the appropriate Local Transport Plan and bus strategies'.


   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

452

*Clause     109,     page     65,     line     17,     at end add—

    '(5) No local service provided under a scheme made in accordance with section 107 shall be covered by the provisons of the Competition Act 1998.'.


   

Mr Don Foster
MrMichael Moore

453

*Clause     115,     page     68,     line     14,     leave out 'bus' and insert 'public transport including bus'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

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 Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

454

*Clause     115,     page     68,     line     42,     at end add—

    '( ) In this section "other public transport" means rail, light rail, tram or ferry services;

    ( ) In considering whether to include rail services within a scheme the authority shall consult with and take account of the views of the Strategic Rail Authority'.


   

Mr Peter Snape
Mr Lawrie Quinn

444

*Clause     119,     page     69,     line     36,     after 'should', insert 'reasonably'.

   

Mr Peter Snape
Mr Lawrie Quinn

445

*Clause     119,     page     69,     line     40,     after 'consult', insert 'all operators of local bus services in their area and'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

425

Clause     119,     page     69,     line     42,     at end insert ', and

      (b) the traffic commissioner for the traffic area covering their area.'.


   

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 Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

455

*Clause     124,     page     72,     line     11,     leave out '9 a.m.' and insert '9.30 a.m.'.

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

456

*Clause     124,     page     72,     line     11,     after '11 p.m.', insert 'or longer'.


   

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"—

      (a) in paragraph (a), after "Act" insert "or provided under a quality contract (within the meaning of Part II of the Transport Act 2000)", and

      (b) in paragraph (b), for "II of that Act" substitute "II of the Transport Act 1985".'.

   

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 II

Role 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—

      (a) that Authority, and

      (b) the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area,

    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
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.'.

 
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