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Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 181, line 17 [Schedule 8], after '2000' insert 'or of an order under section (Orders for possession of aerodromes, etc.) of that Act'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 181, line 21 [Schedule 8], after '2000' insert 'or an order under section (Orders for possession of aerodromes, etc.) of that Act'.

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Page 181, line 30 [Schedule 8], after '2000' insert 'or of an order under section (Orders for possession of aerodromes, etc.)'.

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Page 181, line 32 [Schedule 8], after '2000' insert 'or an order under section (Orders for possession of aerodromes, etc.) of that Act'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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*Page 184, line 30 [Schedule 10], at end insert—

'( ) In subsection (6), for the words following paragraph (b) substitute "to have regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.".'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 184, line 31 [Schedule 10], leave out 'current bus strategy (within the meaning of section 95(2) of the Transport Act 2000)' and insert 'bus strategy'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 185, line 2 [Schedule 10], leave out 'In section 1 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984' and insert 'The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 has effect subject to the following amendments.

6A. In section 1'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 185, line 11 [Schedule 10], at end insert—

'6B.—(1) Paragraph 27 of Schedule 9 (variation and revocation of orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), for "sub-paragraph (2)" substitute "sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)".

(3) After sub-paragraph (2) insert—

(a) it may not be varied or revoked by virtue of this paragraph by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales unless he or it has consulted the other authority or authorities who made the scheme, and

(b) it may not be varied or revoked by virtue of this paragraph by any other authority without the consent of that other authority or those other authorities.".'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 185, line 14 [Schedule 10], leave out from beginning to 'paragraph' and insert—

'(1) Section 26(1) (conditions attached to PSV operator's licence) is amended as follows.

(2) In'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 185, line 15 [Schedule 10], after '2000' insert—

'(3) After that paragraph insert'.

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*Page 185, line 25 [Schedule 10], at end insert—

'( ) In subsection (7), for the words from "so to conduct" to the end substitute "to have regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.".'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 185, line 26 [Schedule 10], leave out 'current'.

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*Page 185, line 27 [Schedule 10], leave out 'subsection (8)' and insert 'that subsection'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 185, line 28 [Schedule 10], leave out 'current'.

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Page 185, line 30 [Schedule 10], leave out from 'their' to end of line 31 and insert 'bus strategy;'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 185, line 33 [Schedule 10], leave out 'current bus strategy (within that meaning)' and insert 'bus strategy'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 187, line 19 [Schedule 11], leave out from 'a' to 'the' in line 9 on page 188 and insert 'relevant scheme and a financial year, means the amount (if any) by which—

(a) the amounts received under or in connection with the scheme which are attributable to the financial year, exceed

(b) the expenses incurred for or in connection with the scheme which are so attributable.

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) the amounts received under or in connection with a relevant scheme, and

(b) the expenses incurred for or in connection with a relevant scheme,

and the extent to which they are attributable to any financial year, shall be determined in accordance with regulations made by the appropriate national authority.

(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (2) may, in particular, provide that—

(a) any such costs of constructing, improving or maintaining roads in respect of which charges are imposed by trunk road charging schemes, and any such costs of managing traffic on those roads, as are specified by or determined in accordance with the regulations, or

(b) any such payments made for or in respect of the construction, improvement or maintenance of those roads, or the management of traffic on them, as are so specified or determined,

are to be regarded, to the extent so specified or determined, as expenses incurred for or in connection with the trunk road charging schemes.

(4) Where a trunk road charging scheme is made by virtue of section 145(2)(b), the relevant authority and the local traffic authority which requested the making of the scheme (or Transport for London, if it did) may agree that—

(a) the expenses incurred for or in connection with the trunk road charging scheme shall be taken to include specified expenses incurred for or in connection with the charging scheme in connection with which the trunk road charging scheme was requested, and

(b) the expenses incurred for or in connection with that other charging scheme shall be taken to include specified expenses incurred for or in connection with'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 188, line 31 [Schedule 11], leave out from beginning to 'be' in line 42 and insert—

'5. Regulations made by the appropriate national authority may make provision for—

(a) the keeping of accounts relating to trunk road charging schemes, and

(b) the preparation and publication of statements of such accounts.

6.—(1) An account relating to a relevant scheme which is not a trunk road charging scheme shall be kept for each financial year by the relevant authority or jointly by the relevant authorities.

(2) A statement of every such account shall be prepared for each financial year by the relevant authority or authorities and published in the annual accounts of the relevant authority, or of each of the relevant authorities, for the financial year.

(3) Regulations made by the appropriate national authority may make—

(a) further provision relating to accounts required to be kept under this paragraph (including provision requiring or allowing the keeping of consolidated accounts relating to more than one relevant scheme), and

(b) further provision relating to the preparation and publication of statements of such accounts.

6A. At the end of each financial year any deficit in an account required to be kept under paragraph 6 shall'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 191, line 42 [Schedule 11], leave out sub-paragraph (6).

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Page 192, line 7 [Schedule 12], after '(1),' insert 'in the definition of "net proceeds", for the words from ", means" to the end substitute "and a financial year, means the amount (if any) by which—

(a) the amounts received under or in connection with the scheme which are attributable to the financial year, exceed

(b) the expenses incurred for or in connection with the scheme which are so attributable;".

(3) In that sub-paragraph,'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 192, line 14 [Schedule 12], at end insert—

'( ) In that sub-paragraph, in the definition of "traffic sign", for "same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (see in particular section 64 of that Act)" substitute "meaning given by section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 but also includes signposts and other signs and notices included in that term by section 71(2) of that Act".'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 192, line 14 [Schedule 12], at end insert—

'( ) For sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

(a) the amounts received under or in connection with a charging scheme, and

(b) the expenses incurred for or in connection with such a scheme,

and the extent to which they are attributable to any financial year, shall be determined in accordance with regulations under this sub-paragraph.".'.

Mr Secretary Prescott

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Page 192, line 24 [Schedule 12], leave out 'to (5)' and insert 'and (3)'.