Transport (Scotland) Act 2001

[F1Making of partnership plan or scheme and giving notice to that effectS

Textual Amendments

8(1)This paragraph applies where a local transport authority—S

(a)have consulted on a partnership proposal,

(b)if applicable, are not prevented from making the partnership proposal as modified under paragraph 7, and

(c)decide to make the partnership proposal (or the proposal as modified).

(2)The local transport authority may proceed to make the partnership plan and schemes (or schemes) or, as the case may be, scheme (or schemes) relating to an existing plan contained in the partnership proposal.

(3)But the making of the scheme does not have effect unless, within the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the day on which the local transport authority made the partnership plan and scheme (or schemes) or, as the case may be, scheme (or schemes) relating to an existing plan, the authority give notice of the partnership proposal having been made to—

(a)all operators of local services who, in the opinion of the authority, are likely to be affected by it having been made,

(b)such organisations appearing to the authority to be representative of users of local services as they think fit,

(c)any other local transport authority or Transport Partnership that the authority consider may be affected by the partnership proposal being made,

(d)the traffic commissioner,

(e)the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland,

(f)the Competition and Markets Authority, and

(g)such other persons as the authority think fit.

(4)The notice must—

(a)contain full details of the partnership plan and scheme or, as the case may be, the scheme, that has been made, or

(b)state where such details may be inspected.]