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109B	Bus partnership strategy

(1)	Each local transport authority must prepare a document to be known as

the bus partnership strategy containing their general policies as to how

best to create bus partnership schemes.

(2)	In preparing a bus partnership strategy, the authority shall consult—

(a)	all operators of registered services in the specified area;

(b)	such organisations representative of passengers as it sees fit.”.

(3)	In section 162(1) (interpretation) before “community bus services” insert “Bus

strategy” means “bus partnership strategy” and has the meaning given in section

109B.”.’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  13,  page  13,  line  25,  leave out subsection (3).

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  13,  page  13,  line  30,  leave out subsection (4).

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  14,  page  14,  line  36,  leave out subsection (2).

Stephen Hammond

43

Clause  15,  page  15,  line  3,  leave out subsection (3).

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  18,  page  16,  line  39,  leave out paragraph (a).

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  18,  page  17,  line  8,  leave out paragraph (e).

Stephen Hammond

46

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  16,  leave out paragraph (b).

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  19,  page  17,  line  40,  after ‘increase’, insert ‘of 10%’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  19,  page  17,  line  44,  after ‘relates’, insert ‘, which are substantially greater

than those that would pertain under a quality partnership scheme,’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  19,  page  17,  line  47,  after ‘authorities’, insert ‘substantially more than

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would a quality partnership scheme’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  19,  page  18,  line  4,  leave out from beginning to end of line 8 and insert—

‘(e)	there are shown to be no adverse effects of the proposed scheme on

operators or on persons living or working in the area to which the

proposed scheme relates.’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  19,  page  18,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

In subsection (1)—

“economic” means that the cost of implementing the proposed scheme to

the local authority will be no greater than implementing the same services

under any other means;

“efficient” means that the proposed scheme will be no less efficient than if

the same services were implemented under any other means;

“effective” means that the proposed scheme will be no less effective than if

the same services were implemented under any other means.’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  19,  page  18,  line  19,  after ‘services’, insert ‘by 10%’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  20,  page  18,  line  28,  leave out from ‘publish’ to ‘a’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  20,  page  18,  line  31,  leave out ‘and’ and at end insert—

‘( )	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 that area,

(iii)

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

specified in the proposed scheme,

(iv)	representatives of local groups representing disabled people,’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  20,  page  18,  line  39,  leave out ‘reasons’ and insert ‘evidence for’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  20,  page  19,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(iii)

any potential liability arising from future litigation,’.

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Stephen Hammond

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Clause  20,  page  19,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(c)	an outline of the evidence of why the proposed scheme will provide a

substantial improvement to the relevant service or services in comparison

to the current service or services or the service or services that could be

provided under a quality partnership scheme.’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  21,  page  19,  line  36,  leave out from ‘England’ to end of line 39 and insert

‘and Wales, an approvals board for England and Wales.’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  22,  page  20,  line  3,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  22,  page  20,  line  4,  leave out ‘for England’.

Stephen Hammond

61

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  31,  leave out subsection (8).

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  22,  page  20,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(9)	The Secretary of State shall at all times keep a panel of persons who may be

appointed under subsection 2(b).

(10)	The panel shall consist of at least 15 persons.

(11)	Membership of the panel shall be open to any person who is considered to have

relevant experience of the bus industry, passenger user groups or local transport

governance.

(12)	The persons who are to be appointed under subsection 2(b) are those that the

Secretary of State considers most appropriate in all the circumstances of the

particular case.’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  3,  after ‘England’, insert ‘Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  6,  leave out ‘for England’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  9,  leave out from ‘The’ to end of line 10 and insert

‘regulations of the board shall include—’.

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Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  20,  leave out from ‘which’ to ‘any’ in line 21.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  21,  leave out ‘for England’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  23,  leave out ‘for England’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  26,  leave out ‘for England’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  23,  page  21,  line  41,  leave out subsections (7) and (8).

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  24,  page  22,  line  13,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  24,  page  22,  line  16,  leave out ‘for England’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  24,  page  22,  line  24,  at end insert ‘, subject to subsection (8)’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  24,  page  22,  leave out line 25.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  24,  page  22,  line  28,  at end insert ‘and shall supply a copy of that document

to all the persons listed in section 125(1)’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  24,  page  22,  line  31,  leave out from ‘to’ to ‘as’ in line 32 and insert ‘such

person or organisation as the board thinks fit,

‘(b)	by such person or organisation’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  25,  page  23,  line  26,  after ‘England’, insert ‘and Wales’.

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Clause  25,  page  23,  line  28,  after ‘England’, insert ‘or Wales’.

Stephen Hammond

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Clause  25,  page  23,  line  30,  leave out ‘for England’.

Graham Stringer

Ian Stewart

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Clause  39,  page  34,  leave out from line 14 to line 33 on page 35 and insert—

‘“134B

Quality contracts: application of TUPE

(1)	Where subsection (2) applies, the cessation of the provision of local services to

which a quality contract relates by one person and the commencement of the

provision of those services by another (“the new operator”) shall be treated for all

purposes as a relevant transfer within the meaning of the Transfer of

Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (whether or not

those Regulations would apply apart from this section).

(2)	This subsection applies where, immediately before the date of the making of a

quality contract, one or more persons were employed by a person other than the

new operator in the provision of local services in the area to which the relevant

quality contracts scheme relates (“the old operator”).

(3)	The date on which the relevant transfer shall be deemed to take effect is the day

on which the quality contracts scheme is made.

134C	Quality contracts: compliance with guidance

(1)	Where section 134B(2) applies, a local transport authority, in making a quality

contract scheme—

(a)	must deal with matters affecting the terms and conditions of employment

of the employees of the old operator as at the date of the relevant transfer,

or the arrangements for their pensions, in accordance with any directions

given to it by the appropriate person;

(b)	shall comply with guidance issued to it by the appropriate person on

matters relating to the terms and conditions, or arrangements for their

pensions, of the employees of the old operator as at the date of the

relevant transfer;

(c)	must provide for the involvement of recognised trade unions in the tender

preparations and the evaluation process in accordance with any guidance

issued by the appropriate person;

(d)	shall comply with guidance issued to it by the appropriate person on

matters that must be taken into consideration in the award of a quality

contract, which shall include any earlier failure to comply with the

safeguards provided for employees under these provisions, including

those contained in the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of

Employment) Regulations 2006.

(2)	In subsection (1), references to employees of the old operator are references to

persons to whom section 134B(2) relates.

(3)	The date of the relevant transfer referred to in subsection (1) shall be determined

in accordance with section 134B(3).

(4)	The “appropriate person” shall be the Secretary of State.

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