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Notices of Amendments: 17th April 2008                  

27

 

Local Transport Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

170

 

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  26,  leave out ‘applications for approval’ and insert ‘quality

 

contract scheme’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

171

 

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  30,  leave out from second ‘the’ to end of line 31 and insert

 

‘authority proposing to make the scheme’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

172

 

Clause  25,  page  23,  line  33,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

173

 

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  14,  leave out ‘, or to the approvals board for England,’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

174

 

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

175

 

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (e).

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

176

 

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  36,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

177

 

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  41,  leave out paragraph ‘or (e)’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

178

 

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  1,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

For subsection (1) substitute—

 

“(1)    

Once the appropriate national authority considers the scheme, the

 

authority or authorities who proposed it may make it, with or without

 

modifications, at any time not later than 6 months after the date on which

 

the recommendations of the approvals board are published.”’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 17th April 2008                  

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Local Transport Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

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’.

 

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,  line  45,  leave out ‘Section 126’ and insert ‘Section 125A

 

(consideration of proposed scheme)’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

184

 

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

 

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’.

 

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).


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 17th April 2008                  

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Local Transport Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

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”’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

190

 

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

 

‘(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.’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

191

 

Page  23,  line  24,  leave out Clause 25.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

192

 

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  4,  leave out subsections (3) and (4).

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

193

 

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

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

194

 

Clause  19,  page  18,  line  9,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

For subsection (2)(b) substitute—

 

“(b)    

have consulted the appropriate consulting authority in

 

accordance with section 125A”’.

 

Approval of proposed scheme

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Transport Act 2000 is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

Omit section 126 (approval of proposed scheme).


 
 

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(3)    

After section 125 insert—

 

(4)    

  

 

“125A

Consideration of proposed scheme

 

(1)    

If, having complied with section 125, the authority or authorities wish to

 

proceed with the proposed scheme, they must apply to the appropriate

 

consulting authority for its consideration.

 

(2)    

In this Part “the appropriate consulting authority” means—

 

(a)    

where the area to which the scheme relates is in England, an

 

approvals board for England; and

 

(b)    

where the area to which the scheme relates is in Wales, the Welsh

 

Ministers.

 

(3)    

The application must include—

 

(a)    

the authority’s or the authorities’ reasons for wishing to make the

 

scheme; and

 

(b)    

such other information as the appropriate consulting authority

 

may reasonably require.

 

(4)    

The appropriate consulting authority shall give its opinion on the

 

proposed scheme within 28 days of the later of—

 

(a)    

the application for its opinion; and

 

(b)    

the receipt of any further information requested under subsection

 

(3)(b).

 

(5)    

The appropriate consulting authority may recommend modifications to

 

the proposed scheme.

 

(6)    

Following receipt of the appropriate consulting authority’s opinion, the

 

authority or authorities must take that opinion into account and may then

 

proceed to—

 

(a)    

make the proposed scheme;

 

(b)    

discontinue the proposed scheme; or

 

(c)    

make the proposed scheme with modifications.

 

(7)    

If the authority or authorities propose to make the scheme with

 

modifications, they must first consult such of the persons they consulted

 

under section 125(3) as would in their opinion be affected by those

 

modifications.”’.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

195

 

Page  19,  line  28,  leave Clause 21.

 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

196

 

Clause  9,  page  11,  line  23,  after ‘any)’, insert ‘and representatives of town and

 

parish councils in the county’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 17th April 2008                  

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Local Transport Bill-[ [], continued

 
 

Norman Baker

 

Mr John Leech

 

197

 

Clause  8,  page  10,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to have regard to any extant government policies on rural proofing’.

 


 
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