Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Competition test for exercise of bus functions

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

NC14

To move the following Clause:—

    '. Schedule (Competition test for exercise of bus functions) contains provision applying a competition test in relation to the exercise of functions relating to quality partnership schemes, ticketing schemes and subsidised local services.'.

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Air quality

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—Where a local authority declares an air quality management area in accordance with section 83(1) of the Environment Act 1995, it may apply to the Secretary of State to direct the Highways Agency to take such measures as the authority has calculated to be effective in reducing air pollution, from specified roads administered by the Agency, in order to meet national air quality objectives within its area.'.

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Home zones and quiet lanes

   

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) As part of their local transport plan, and subject to guidance issued by the Secretary of State, a local transport authority may designate any residential road or roads within their area as a home zone, and any rural road within their area as a quiet lane, for any or all of the following purposes—

(a) improving the environment;

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

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

(d) protecting the character and distinctiveness of the countryside from damage to traffic.

    (2) The Secretary of State may introduce regulations with regard to home zones or quiet lanes which may have any or all of the following effects—

(a) giving pedestrians and pedal cyclists precedence on any highway in a home zone, and pedestrians, pedal cyclists and horseriders precedence on any quiet lane;

(b) requiring the driver of any mechanically powered vehicle to accord such precedence to any pedestrian, pedal cyclist or horse rider;

(c) requiring pedestrians, cyclists and horseriders to show reasonable behaviour towards any mechanically powered vehicle, and not wilfully to obstruct its passage;

(d) requiring physical or other measures to reduce traffic speeds to no more than 10 mph in a road designated as a home zone, or 20 mph on a designated quiet lane.'.

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Development of rural road hierarchy

   

Mr David Drew

NC38

*To move the following Clause:—

    '.—(1) Local transport authorities shall have the power under this section to review any restricted and unrestricted non-urban road or roads for which they are the traffic authority and reclassify them as part of a rural road hierarchy.

    (2) Local transport authorities may amend the existing speed limit for a road or roads within that classification, taking into account guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

    (3) As soon as is practicable and no later than six months after the coming into force of this Act the Secretary of State shall issue guidance as to the way in which a transport authority shall exercise its powers in developing a rural road hierarchy.

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

(a) the function of the rural road hierarchy;

(b) definitions of different road types and areas, including country lanes, quiet lanes and villages;

(c) the procedures for reviewing the classification of roads and reclassifying them, including the use of appraisal;

(d) requirements for public consultation;

(e) appropriate speed limits for different road types within the hierarchy;

(f) the procedures for applying speed limits on an area basis;

(g) how the rural road hierarchy relates to requirements under section 92 for the production of Local Transport Plans; and

(h) the relationship between the rural road hierarchy and urban roads.

    (5) 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.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

398

Page     56,     line     4     [Clause 92]     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

399

Page     56,     line     14     [Clause 92]     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

400

Page     56,     line     23     [Clause 93]     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

401

Page     56,     line     25     [Clause 93]     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

402

Page     56,     line     28     [Clause 93]     leave out 'must' and insert 'may'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

149

Page     56,     line     29     [Clause     93],     leave out '(their "current local transport plan")'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

150

Page     56,     line     34     [Clause     93],     leave out 'subsection (5)' and insert 'section (Plans and strategies: supplementary)(1)'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

151

Page     56,     line     37     [Clause     93],     leave out 'current'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

152

Page     56,     line     45     [Clause     93],     at end insert—

    '(4A) Where a local transport authority have, before the coming into force of section 92, prepared and published a document which—

(a) contains policies developed by them for the purposes described in subsection (1)(a) of that section, and

(b) was prepared and published in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales),

    that document shall be taken to be the authority's local transport plan.

    (4B) But, in the case of a document which is a local transport plan by virtue of subsection (4A), subsection (2) requires its replacement not later than—

(a) 31st March 2006, if it relates to an area in England, or

(b) such date as is specified in an order made by the National Assembly for Wales, if it relates to an area in Wales,

    (rather than not later than five years after the date on which it was made).'.

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Mr Secretary Prescott

153

Page     57,     line     1     [Clause     93],     leave out subsection (5).

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

154

Page     57     [Clause     94],     leave out lines 24 and 25.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

155

Page     57,     line     38     [Clause     95],     leave out from beginning to 'whose' in line 41 and insert 'any other relevant local authority'.

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Mr Secretary Prescott

156

Page     58,     line     5     [Clause     95],     at end insert—

    '( ) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a) the following are relevant local authorities—

(a) local transport authorities,

(b) metropolitan district councils,

(c) London transport authorities, and

(d) councils in Scotland;

    (except that, in the case of consultation by a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area, a council for a metropolitan district comprised in the area is not a relevant local authority).'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

157

Page     58,     line     7     [Clause     95],     leave out '(their "current bus strategy")'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

158

Page     58,     line     17     [Clause     96],     leave out 'and (5) and 94(3)' and insert ', 94(3) and (Plans and strategies: supplementary)'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

159

Page     58,     line     19     [Clause     96],     at end insert—

    '( ) Section 93(4A) applies in the case of a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area only if the document to which it refers has been prepared and published by—

(a) that Authority, and

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

    acting jointly.'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

160

Page     58,     line     24     [Clause     97],     leave out 'current'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

301

Page     58,     line     28     [Clause     97],     after 'limit' insert 'traffic congestion,'.

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Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Peter Atkinson

403

Page     59,     line     3     [Clause 97]     leave out from 'meet' to end of line 5.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

161

Page     59,     line     7     [Clause     97],     at end insert '(other than a road for which the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales is the traffic authority)'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

162

Page     59,     line     8     [Clause     97],     leave out 'must be' and insert 'may not be made unless it is'.

   

Mr Secretary Prescott

163

Page     59,     line     9     [Clause     97],     at end insert—

    '(6A) If the provision of any of the facilities requires the making of a traffic regulation order in respect of a road for which the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales is the traffic authority, the scheme may not be made unless it is made by—

(a) the local transport authority or authorities, and

(b) the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales,

    acting jointly.

    (6B) Where subsection (6) or (6A) applies so that a metropolitan district council, the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales is a maker of the scheme, then (subject to section 102(7)(b) and (9)) the relevant references to the authority or authorities include (as well as the local transport authority or authorities) the metropolitan district council, the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales.

    (6C) For the purposes of subsection (6B) the relevant references are—

(a) subsections (2) and (3),

(b) sections 98 to 102, and

(c) section 108(5B),

    and paragraph 27(3) of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.'.

Prepared 5 May 2000