Greater London Authority Bill

Greater London Authority Bill - continued	House of Lords

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	PART IV
	TRANSPORT
	CHAPTER I
	TRANSPORT FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY
	The general transport duty
General transport duty.	141. - (1) The Mayor shall develop and implement policies for the promotion and encouragement of safe, integrated, efficient and economic transport facilities and services to, from and within Greater London.
	(2) The powers of the Authority under this Part shall be exercised for the purpose of securing the provision of the transport facilities and services mentioned in subsection (1) above.
	(3) The transport facilities and services mentioned in subsection (1) above include facilities and services for pedestrians and are-
	(a) those required to meet the needs of persons living or working in, or visiting, Greater London, and
	(b) those required for the transportation of freight.
	The transport strategy
The Mayor's transport strategy.	142. - (1) The Mayor shall prepare and publish a document to be known as the "transport strategy" containing-
	(a) his policies under section 141(1) above, and
	(b) his proposals for discharging the duty under section 141(2) above.
	(2) In addition to containing the proposals and policies required by subsection (1) above, the transport strategy-
	(a) shall contain the Mayor's proposals for the provision of transport which is accessible to persons with mobility problems,
	(b) shall specify a timetable for the implementation of the proposals contained in the transport strategy by virtue of paragraph (a) above, and
	(c) may contain any other proposals which he considers appropriate.
	(3) Where the Mayor revises the transport strategy he shall publish it as revised.
	(4) In preparing or revising the transport strategy the Mayor shall consult-
	(a) the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, and
	(b) such other persons or bodies which represent the interests of persons with mobility problems as he considers it appropriate to consult;
	and this subsection is without prejudice to section 42 above.
	(5) In this Act, references to the transport strategy include, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to the transport strategy as revised.
Directions by the Secretary of State.	143. - (1) Where the Secretary of State considers that-
	(a) the transport strategy (or any part of it) is inconsistent with national policies relating to transport, and
	(b) the inconsistency is detrimental to any area outside Greater London,
	he may direct the Mayor to make such revisions of the transport strategy in order to remove the inconsistency as may be specified in the direction.
	(2) Where the Secretary of State gives the Mayor a direction under subsection (1) above, the Mayor shall revise the transport strategy in accordance with the direction.
Duties of London borough councils etc.	144. - (1) In exercising any function-
	(a) a London borough council,
	(b) the Common Council, and
	(c) any body or person exercising statutory functions in relation to Greater London or any part of Greater London,
	is to have regard to the transport strategy.
	(2) The Mayor may issue guidance in writing about the implementation of the transport strategy to any council, body or person falling within subsection (1) above.
	(3) A council, body or person to whom guidance has been issued under subsection (2) above is to have regard to the guidance in exercising any function.
	(4) In exercising any functions in relation to the management of roads or traffic in a Royal Park in Greater London the Secretary of State shall have regard to the transport strategy.
	(5) In this section "Royal Park" means any park to which the Parks Regulation Act 1872 applies (see sections 1 and 3 of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926).
	Local implementation plans
Preparation of the plan.	145. - (1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Mayor has published the transport strategy under section 142 above, each London borough council shall prepare a plan (a "local implementation plan") containing its proposals for the implementation of the transport strategy in its area.
	(2) In preparing a local implementation plan under subsection (1) above, each London borough council shall consult-
	(a) the relevant Commissioner or, if the council considers it appropriate, both Commissioners,
	(b) Transport for London,
	(c) such organisations representative of disabled persons as the council considers appropriate,
	(d) each other London borough council whose area is, in the opinion of the council preparing the local implementation plan, likely to be affected by the plan, and
	(e) any other body or person required to be consulted under this section by virtue of a direction given to the council by the Mayor under section 153 below.
	(3) Each local implementation plan shall include-
	(a) a timetable for implementing the different proposals in the plan, and
	(b) the date by which all the proposals contained in the plan will be implemented.
	(4) For the purposes of this section and sections 146 to 153 below, the Common Council shall be treated as if it were a London borough council.
	(5) In subsection (2)(a) above, the "relevant Commissioner" means-
	(a) in relation to a local implementation plan prepared by the Common Council, the Commissioner of Police for the City of London, and
	(b) in relation to a local implementation plan prepared by a council other than the Common Council, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Approval of plans by the Mayor.	146. - (1) Each London borough council shall submit its local implementation plan to the Mayor for his approval.
	(2) The Mayor may approve any local implementation plan submitted to him under subsection (1) above.
	(3) The Mayor shall not approve a local implementation plan submitted to him under subsection (1) above unless he considers-
	(a) that the local implementation plan is consistent with the transport strategy,
	(b) that the proposals contained in the local implementation plan are adequate for the purposes of the implementation of the transport strategy, and
	(c) that the timetable for implementing those proposals, and the date by which those proposals are to be implemented, are adequate for those purposes.
Power of the Mayor to prepare a plan.	147. - (1) Where it appears to the Mayor that a London borough council has failed-
	(a) to prepare a local implementation plan in accordance with the requirements of section 145 above, or
	(b) to submit a local implementation plan to him for approval under section 146 above,
	the Mayor may issue to the council a direction under section 153 below requiring the council to do so within such period as the Mayor shall specify in the direction.
	(2) Where the Mayor has issued a direction of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) above, but the council has not complied with the direction within a reasonable time, the Mayor may prepare a local implementation plan on behalf of the council.
	(3) Where the Mayor refuses to approve under subsection (2) of section 146 above a local implementation plan, the London borough council which submitted the plan shall prepare a new local implementation plan and submit it to the Mayor under subsection (1) of that section, unless the Mayor notifies the council that he intends to exercise his powers under subsection (4) below.
	(4) Where the Mayor-
	(a) refuses to approve a local implementation plan under section 146 above, and
	(b) has served on the London borough council who prepared the local implementation plan a notice under subsection (3) above,
	the Mayor may prepare a local implementation plan on behalf of the council.
	(5) Where the Mayor prepares a local implementation plan on behalf of a London borough council, he shall in preparing the plan consult-
	(a) the council on whose behalf he is preparing the plan,
	(b) the relevant Commissioner or, if the Mayor considers it appropriate, both Commissioners,
	(c) Transport for London,
	(d) such organisations representative of disabled persons as the Mayor considers appropriate, and
	(e) each other London borough council whose area is in the opinion of the Mayor likely to be affected by the plan.
	(6) A local implementation plan prepared by the Mayor under this section shall include the matters required to be contained or included in the plan under section 145(1) and (3) above by a London borough council.
	(7) Where the Mayor prepares a local implementation plan on behalf of a London borough council, he may recover from the council as a civil debt any reasonable expenses incurred by him in preparing the plan.
	(8) In subsection (5)(b) above, the "relevant Commissioner" means-
	(a) in relation to a local implementation plan prepared on behalf of the Common Council, the Commissioner of Police for the City of London, and
	(b) in relation to a local implementation plan prepared on behalf of a council other than the Common Council, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
Revision.	148. - (1) A London borough council may at any time prepare such revisions as it considers appropriate to the council's local implementation plan.
	(2) Where the Mayor revises the transport strategy under section 41(2) above, each London borough council shall as soon as reasonably practicable after the Mayor has published the transport strategy as revised prepare such revisions to the council's local implementation plan as it considers are necessary in order to implement that strategy in its area.
	(3) Where a London borough council considers that no revisions are required to be prepared under subsection (2) above the council shall notify the Mayor.
	(4) For the purposes of this section, the "local implementation plan", in relation to any London borough council, means whichever of the following has been most recently approved, or as the case may be, prepared, by the Mayor, namely-
	(a) a local implementation plan prepared by the council and approved by the Mayor under section 146 above;
	(b) a local implementation plan, as proposed by the council to be revised, approved by the Mayor under that section; and
	(c) a local implementation plan or revised local implementation plan prepared by the Mayor on behalf of the council.

Prepared 27 October 1999