Transport (Scotland) Act 2005
Part 1Regional transport
Chapter 1Regional Transport Partnerships
Establishment etc.
1Establishment of regional Transport Partnerships
2Dissolution of regional Transport Partnerships
Administration
3Regional Transport Partnerships: funding and borrowing
4Further provision about regional Transport Partnerships
Regional transport strategies
5Formulation and content of regional transport strategies
6Procedure before and after the drawing up of regional transport strategies
7Review, modification and renewal of regional transport strategies
8Duty of constituent councils and other public bodies as respects regional transport strategies
9Joint regional transport strategies
Regional transport functions
10Other transport functions of regional Transport Partnerships
11Alteration of functions of regional Transport Partnerships
12Manner of performance of functions of regional Transport Partnerships
Chapter 2Transport functions: further provisions
13Transfer to Scottish Ministers of certain rail provisions
14Arrangements for performance by regional Transport Partnership of certain transport functions etc.
Chapter 3Supplementary and consequential provision
15Transfer of staff, property, rights and liabilities
Part 2Road works
The Scottish Road Works Commissioner
16Creation, appointment, status and funding of Scottish Road Works Commissioner
17Functions of Commissioner
18Duty of road works authority and undertakers to provide Commissioner with information
18APower to carry out inspections
18BInspections: warrants
18CInspections: further provision
18DOffence of obstructing inspections
18ELiability of authorised persons
18FPower to make regulations about inspections
The Scottish Road Works Register
19The Scottish Road Works Register
Miscellaneous
20Directions as to timing of road works
21Directions as to placing of apparatus in roads
22Restriction on works following substantial road works
23Duty of road works authority to co-ordinate road works etc.
24Duty of undertakers to co-operate with authorities and other undertakers
25Enforcement of sections 118 and 119 of 1991 Act
26Qualifications of supervisors and operatives
27Duty of authorities, undertakers etc. to ensure competence of employees etc.
28Duty of undertaker to notify completion of road works: form and procedure
29Notices requiring remedial works relating to reinstatements
Resurfacing
30Power of road works authority to require undertaker to resurface road
31Resurfacing: regulations and guidance
32Contributions to costs of resurfacing by undertaker
Enforcement of 1991 Act
33Increase in penalties for summary offences under 1991 Act
34Fixed penalty offences
35Civil penalties for certain offences under 1991 Act
Resolution of disputes under 1991 Act
36Method of settlement of certain disputes under 1991 Act
Enforcement of certain offences under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
37Fixed penalty offences under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
38Civil penalties for certain offences under the roads (Scotland) Act 1984
39Consultation on regulations and codes of practice
Part 3Miscellaneous
40National travel concession schemes
41Public Transport Users' Committee for Scotland
42Functions of the Committee
43Guidance and direction to the Committee
44Abolition of requirement on local traffic authority to inform the Scottish Ministers about certain pedestrian crossings
45Modification of Highlands and Islands Shipping Services Act 1960 and loans for transport-related purposes
46Amendment of procedure for dealing with applications for harbour orders
47Amendment of procedure where harbour revision orders are made by the Scottish Ministers of their own motion
48Transitional provision for sections 46 and 47
49Badges for vehicles used for disabled people: change of terminology
50Extension of remit of Bus User Complaints Tribunal
51Minor amendments of Transport (Scotland) Act 2001
Part 4General
52Orders and regulations
53Interpretation
54Short title and commencement
SCHEDULE 1Further provision about regional Transport Partnerships
Staff
1A Transport Partnership shall appoint such employees as it considers...
2If— (a) proceedings are brought against an employee of a...
3A Transport Partnership— (a) shall obtain an appropriate guarantee for...
4If it comes to the knowledge of a person who...
5(1) An employee of a Transport Partnership who, under colour...
Land
6(1) For the purposes of its functions, a Transport Partnership...
7(1) A Transport Partnership may— (a) develop, for use by...
8In paragraphs 6 and 7 above, references to the functions...
9(1) A Transport Partnership may dispose of land; and section...
Private legislation
10(1) A Transport Partnership may, if it thinks fit, promote...
Participation in community planning
11In the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1)—...
Forming companies
12A Transport Partnership may (whether alone or with others, who...
Legal proceedings, notices etc.
13(1) Sections 189 to 193, 195 and 197 to 199...
Reporting and information
14A Transport Partnership shall— (a) as soon as practicable after...
Finance etc.
15(1) The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is...
Contracts etc.
16(1) The following enactments apply in relation to a Transport...
Standards of members' conduct
17In schedule 3 to the Ethical Standards in Public Life...
Expenses of observers
18A Transport Partnership may pay to persons appointed, as respects...
Investigation
19In Part 1 of schedule 2 to the Scottish Public...
Freedom of information
20In schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act...
SCHEDULE 2Scottish Road Works Commissioner: further provision
Staff
1(1) The Commissioner may, with the consent of the Scottish...
Accounts
2The Commissioner shall— (a) prepare, for each financial year and...
Reports and information
3(1) The Commissioner shall— (a) as soon as practicable after...
Freedom of information
4In schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act...
SCHEDULE 3Increase in maximum fines for certain summary offences under the 1991 Act
SCHEDULE 4Schedule 6A to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
SCHEDULE 5Schedule 6B to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
SCHEDULE 6Schedule 8A to the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
SCHEDULE 7Schedule 8B to the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

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Transport (Scotland) Act 2005

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An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the setting up and functions of new transport bodies and to enable the Scottish Ministers to discharge certain transport functions; to provide further for the control and co-ordination of road works and for the enforcement of the duties placed on those who carry them out; to set up national concessionary fares schemes; and to make other, miscellaneous modifications of the law relating to transport.