Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 2)

Part 2 S Bus services

[F1 CHAPTER 1] S [F1 Bus services improvement partnerships]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. 1 substituted for ss. 3-12 and cross-heading (4.12.2023) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 35(2), 130(2) (with s. 126) (as amended (27.11.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/347, regs. 1(1), 2(2)); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch.

[F1 Partnership plans and schemes] S

[F1 3L Multi-authority bus services improvement partnerships S

(1) Two or more local transport authorities may act jointly to make a partnership plan and scheme (or schemes) under this chapter.

(2) In those circumstances, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference in this chapter (other than this section) to—

(a) a local transport authority, in relation to a partnership plan or a partnership scheme or to a proposed plan or scheme, is a reference to the authorities acting jointly,

(b) the area of a local transport authority is a reference to the combined areas of the authorities,

(c) the relevant general policies of a local transport authority is a reference to the relevant general policies of each local transport authority.

(3) Where two or more local transport authorities act jointly to make a partnership plan or scheme, they must continue to act jointly in relation to the plan or scheme in all respects.]