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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

179

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  11,  leave out ‘approvals board for England’ and insert

‘authority proposing to make the scheme’.

Stephen Hammond

204

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  11,  leave out ‘for England’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

116

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  30,  leave out from ‘operation’ to end of line 31 and

substitute ‘which must not be more than ten years’ for ‘which may be for a fixed period

or until such time as the authority or authorities that made the scheme determine that it

should not remain in operation.’.

Stephen Hammond

205

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  30,  leave out ‘after 10 years insert’ and insert ‘substitute

“ten years” for “five years” ’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

117

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(2B)

If the scheme is specified to be for an indefinite period pursuant to subsection

(2)(c), then the authority or authorities shall, every time that the authority or,

where there is more than one authority, each authority, reviews its local transport

plan pursuant to section 109(1) (further provision about plans: England) or

section 109B(1) (further provision about plans: Wales), review the effectiveness

and appropriateness of the scheme and the extent to which the scheme continues

to satisfy the criteria in section 124 (quality contracts schemes).’.

Stephen Hammond

206

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  43,  leave out subsection (10) and insert—

‘(10)

Subsection (10) (power by order to vary the period mentioned in subsection

(2)(b)) shall cease to have effect.’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

114

Clause  26,  page  26,  line  2,  substitute ‘periods specified in subsection (1), (1A) or’

for ‘the period mentioned in subsection’.

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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

193

Clause  26,  page  26,  line  3,  leave out ‘, (1A)’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

127

Clause  29,  page  26,  line  36,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)	Subsection (2) is omitted.’.

Stephen Hammond

207

Page  29,  line  26,  leave out Clause 29.

Stephen Hammond

208

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  7,  after ‘period’, insert ‘of not more than six months’.

Stephen Hammond

209

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  9,  leave out from ‘publish’ to ‘a’.

Stephen Hammond

210

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  12,  leave out ‘and’ and insert—

‘(ba)

supply a copy of that document to—

(i)	the chief fire officer for each fire area covering the whole or part

of that area,

(ii)	the head of the local ambulance service for each area covering

the whole or part of the area,

(iii)

all persons living within 150 metres of any part of the route as

specified in the proposed continuation of the scheme,

(iv)	representatives of local groups representing disabled people,

and’.

Stephen Hammond

211

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(ca)

a statement of the evidence demonstrating how continuing the scheme by

means of a quality contracts scheme will provide a substantial

improvement to the relevant service or services in comparison to the

service or services that could be provided under a quality partnership

scheme;’.

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Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

118

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  34,  leave out ‘which must not be more than a further 10

years’ and insert ‘which may be for a fixed period or until such time as the authority or

authorities that made the scheme determine that it should not remain in operation.’.

Stephen Hammond

212

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  35,  leave out ‘10 years’ and insert ‘six months’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

115

Clause  30,  page  27,  leave out lines 36 to 38.

Stephen Hammond

213

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  45,  at end insert—

‘(iii)

any potential liability arising from future litigation,’.

Stephen Hammond

214

Clause  30,  page  27,  line  48,  at end insert—

‘(i)	a list of—

(i)	those people who have declared an objection to the continuation

of the scheme, and

(ii)	the objections declared by those people mentioned in (i).’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

119

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  2,  leave out ‘a proposal to make one’ and insert ‘the

making of a scheme’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

120

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  20,  leave out from ‘until’ to end of line 21 and insert ‘the

authority or authorities decide whether or not to continue the scheme.’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

121

Clause  30,  page  28,  leave out lines 22 to 41.

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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

180

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  28,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consulting’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

181

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  29,  leave out ‘section 126’ and insert ‘section 125A’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

182

Clause  30,  page  28,  line  32,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consulting’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

183

Clause  31,  page  28,  leave out line 45 and insert ‘Section 125A (consideration of

proposed scheme)’.

Stephen Hammond

215

Clause  31,  page  28,  line  45,  leave out from ‘authority)’ to ‘applies’ in line 1 on

page 29.

Stephen Hammond

216

Clause  31,  page  29,  line  2,  leave out from ‘one’ to end of line 3.

Stephen Hammond

217

Clause  31,  page  29,  line  4,  leave out subsection (2).

Stephen Hammond

218

Clause  31,  page  29,  line  14,  leave out subsections (3) to (10).

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

122

Page  28,  line  42,  leave out Clause 31.

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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

184

Clause  32,  page  31,  line  20,  leave out ‘approval’ and insert ‘consulting’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

Stephen Hammond

123

Page  30,  line  29,  leave out Clause 32.

Stephen Hammond

219

Clause  33,  page  31,  line  27,  leave out paragraph (b).

Stephen Hammond

220

Clause  33,  page  31,  line  29,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

221

Clause  33,  page  31,  line  31,  leave out ‘for England’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

185

Clause  33,  page  31,  line  31,  leave out from second ‘the’ to ‘applied’ in line 33, and

insert ‘authority proposing the continuation of the scheme’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

124

Page  31,  line  22,  leave out Clause 33.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

125

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  12,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

‘(4)	In subsection (5) (approval required for variation or revocation) omit paragraph

(a)’.

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Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

186

Clause  34,  page  32,  line  13,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

‘(a)    

‘(a)	for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)	requires the consideration of the scheme by the

consulting authority which published recommendations

on the scheme in accordance with section 125A, and”.’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

187

Clause  35,  page  33,  line  19,  leave out paragraph (c).

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

Mr Clive Betts

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

126

Page  32,  line  26,  leave out Clause 35.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

188

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  24,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

In subsection (1)(b) for “approval” substitute “consideration”’.

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

189

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

in paragraph (e) for “approval” substitute “consideration”’.

Stephen Hammond

222

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  28,  leave out paragraph (b).

Norman Baker

Mr John Leech

190

Clause  36,  page  33,  line  32,  at end add—

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‘(4)	A statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section may not be

made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution

of, each House of Parliament.’.

Stephen Hammond

223

Clause  38,  page  34,  line  8,   after  ‘authority’,  insert  ‘,  the  Senior  Traffic

Commissioner, and the Public Transport Users’ Committee’.

Stephen Hammond

224

Clause  39,  page  35,  line  22,  leave out from first ‘is’ to end.

Stephen Hammond

231

Clause  41,  page  36,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(c)	agreements between two or more local bus operators relating to bus

services.’.

Stephen Hammond

225

Clause  43,  page  38,  line  14,  leave out subsection (5).

Stephen Hammond

226

Clause  43,  page  38,  line  18,  leave out ‘that question’ and insert ‘whether to accept

the application’.

Stephen Hammond

227

Clause  43,  page  38,  line  19,  leave out ‘those representations’ and insert ‘any

relevant representations made by a relevant authority or a relevant operator’.

Stephen Hammond

228

Clause  43,  page  38,  line  25,  leave out subsection (7).

Stephen Hammond

229

Clause  43,  page  38,  line  28,  leave out ‘If subsection (7) above does not apply,’.

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