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| Clause 8, page 7, line 6, at end add— |
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| | ‘(5) | The Secretary of State may by order, amend section 93 of the Transport Act 1985 |
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| | to require the provision of flexible alternative forms of concession, including for |
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| | use on community transport.’. |
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| Clause 9, page 7, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | enabling the Secretary of State to reimburse travel concession authorities |
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| | where they incur a deficit of over £500,000 as a result of reimbursing |
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| | individual operators under this Act.’. |
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| Clause 10, page 8, line 31, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| Clause 10, page 8, line 38, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’. |
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| Clause 11, page 10, line 19, after ‘10’, insert ‘, [Application to Isles of Scilly]’. |
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| Clause 11, page 10, line 22, after ‘8’, insert ‘or [Application to Isles of Scilly]’. |
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| | Clauses 12 and 13 Agreed to. |
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| Schedule 2, page 13, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | ‘1A | In section 98 (travel concession schemes: further provisions with respect to |
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| | participation notices), after subsection (4) insert— |
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| | “(4A) | But if the participation notice was served on the person by one or more |
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| | authorities in England only— |
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| | (a) | subsection (3) above shall have effect as if for “twenty-eight |
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| | days beginning with the date of the participation notice” there |
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| | were substituted “fifty-six days beginning with the date |
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| | provided for in relation to the participation notice by virtue of |
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| | section 97(5)(a) above”; and |
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| | (b) | subsection (4) above shall have effect as if for paragraph (a) |
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| | “(a) | if the person is required by the participation notice to |
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| | give a prescribed number of days’ notice (or, if no |
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| | number of days is prescribed, seven days’ notice), at |
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| | least that number of days before the date of the notice |
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| | given to the Secretary of State under subsection (3) |
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| | Schedule, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clauses 14 and 15 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 16, page 11, line 16, leave out ‘Bus’. |
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| Clause 16, page 11, line 17, leave out subsection (2). |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Application to Isles of Scilly |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | This Act, in its application to the Isles of Scilly, has effect subject to such |
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| | exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Secretary of State may by order |
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| | (2) | In particular, an order under subsection (1) may— |
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| | (a) | provide for the application of this Act to water-borne public passenger |
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| | (b) | amend the categories of person who are entitled to concessionary travel |
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| | Reimbursement of travel concession authorities |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘After section 149 of the 2000 Act (Reimbursement of operators) insert— |
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| | “149A | Reimbursement of travel concession authorities |
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| | (1) | Where a travel concession authority has responsibility for the |
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| | administration of mandatory travel concessions under section 145A, |
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| | including the administration and issuing of permits under section |
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| | 145A(4) and the reimbursement of operators under section 149, the |
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| | Secretary of State shall reimburse the authority the full costs of |
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| | administering mandatory travel concessions by means of a direct annual |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall reserve a proportion of the funding allocated |
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| | to the mandatory travel concession scheme to provide a contingency |
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| | (3) | A contingency fund under subsection (2) shall be used to reimburse any |
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| | travel concession authority for any unforeseen capital and set up costs |
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| | incurred by that authority in introducing a scheme to comply with this |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | There shall be a Concessionary Bus Fares Council. |
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| | (2) | The Concessionary Bus Fares Council shall comprise— |
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| | (a) | representatives from passenger user groups, |
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| | (b) | representatives from local authorities, |
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| | (c) | representatives from the Department for Transport, and |
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| | (d) | such other persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit. |
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| | (3) | The Concessionary Bus Fares Council shall undertake the following functions— |
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| | (a) | determining a framework for eligible services, |
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| | (b) | determining a pricing framework for the reimbursement of operators, |
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| | (c) | overseeing the introduction of any national smart card scheme, |
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| | (d) | undertaking other roles as determined by the Secretary of State. |
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| | (4) | Before performing the functions set out in subsection (3) the Concessionary Bus |
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| | Fares Council shall consult— |
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| | (a) | the Secretary of State, |
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| | (d) | passenger groups, and |
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| | (e) | such other persons as the council sees fit.’. |
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| | Review of reimbursement arrangements |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Two years after the commencement of this Act the Secretary of State shall |
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| | conduct a review of arrangements for allocating funding to local authorities |
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| | necessary for the reimbursement of operators under section 3(2) of this Act, and |
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| | shall lay before Parliament a report setting out his findings.’. |
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| | Negatived on division nc5 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘At the end of each financial year after the commencement of this Act the |
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| | Secretary of State shall make a statement to Parliament setting out— |
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| | (a) | the total sum of funds made available to local authorities for the purposes |
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| | of providing bus services and concessionary fares thereon in the financial |
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| | (b) | the method by which those funds have been made available.’. |
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| | Ordered, That certain written evidence already reported to the House be appended to |
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| | the proceedings of the Committee. —(Gillian Merron.) |
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| | Bill, as amended, to be reported. |
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