Transport Act 1968

55 Amendments as to Transport Consultative Committees. U.K.

(1) The services and facilities in relation to which, under section 56 of the Act of 1962, the duty imposed, subject to the subsequent provisions of that section, by subsection (4) thereof on the Consultative Committees established under that section falls to be exercised—

(a) shall not include any services or facilities provided by the Waterways Board or provided by virtue of section 48 or section 50(2) or (7) of this Act; but

(b) subject to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall, in addition to the services and facilities provided by any of the Boards other than the Waterways Board, include the services and facilities provided by any of the following bodies, namely,. . . F1 any subsidiary. . . F1 of any of the Boards other than the Waterways Board;

and accordingly—

(i) the reference in the said subsection (4) to any of the Boards shall be construed as a reference to any of the bodies aforesaid;

(ii) the reference in paragraph (b) of that subsection to a Board shall be construed as excluding a reference to the Waterways Board. . . F1 ;

(iii) the references in that subsection and in subsection (6) of the said section 56 to the Board concerned shall be construed as a reference to whichever of the Boards. . . F1 are concerned either directly or through a subsidiary of theirs;

(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

and for the purposes of this subsection the provisions of section 51(5) of this Act shall be disregarded.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 54 of this Act and of the foregoing subsection, the services and facilities in relation to which, under section 56 of the Act of 1962, the duty imposed, subject to the subsequent provisions of that section, by subsection (4) thereof on the Area Committee for Scotland established under that section falls to be exercised shall include the services and facilities provided by [F3 Caledonian MacBrayne Limited]; and for the purposes of this subsection the said section 56 shall have effect subject to the following modifications, that is to say—

(a) in relation to [F4 Caledonian MacBrayne Limited], the Central Committee shall have no functions, and the Area Committee for Scotland shall have no functions in relation to the Central Committee;

(b) for references to the Minister in subsections (4) and (6) there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State;

(c) the reference in subsection (4)(b) to a Board shall be construed as a reference to [F5 Caledonian MacBrayne Limited], and the references in that subsection and in subsection (6) to the Board concerned shall be construed as a reference to [F5 Caledonian MacBrayne Limited];

(d) in subsection (15) for the words from the beginning to “Minister", where second occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ The Area Committee for Scotland shall make an annual report to the Secretary of State on the services and facilities provided by the Scottish Group and their subsidiaries in relation to which the Committee have functions under subsection (4) of this section, and the Secretary of State ”.

(3) In the case of each of the Consultative Committees aforesaid, the Minister shall provide, or make arrangements under subsection (4) of this section for providing, that committee with such officers and servants, and such office accommodation, as appear to the Minister, after consultation with the committee, to be requisite for the proper discharge of the committee’s functions and shall defray any expenditure incurred by the committee with the Minister’s approval in the discharge of those functions; and the Minister may pay to the members of any such committee allowances in respect of loss of remunerative time in accordance with such scale as the Minister may with the approval of the Treasury allow and such travelling allowances and allowances in respect of out-of-pocket expenses as the Minister may determine.

(4) The Minister may, in the case of any such committee, instead of himself providing the officers and servants or office accommodation aforesaid, arrange with any of the Boards other than the Waterways Board. . . F1 for those officers and servants or that accommodation to be provided by that Board. . . F1 in return for such payments by the Minister to the Board. . . F1 as may be agreed between them.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 126), Sch. 9 Pt. III

F2 S. 55(1)(iv) repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 126), Sch. 9 Pt. III

F3 Words substituted by S.I. 1990/552, art. 3(1), Sch. 1

F4 Words substituted by S.I. 1990/552, art. 3(1), Sch. 1

F5 Words substituted by S.I. 1990/552, art. 3(1), Sch. 1

F6 Ss. 54(8), 55(5) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. VI

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 55(3) modified by Railways Act 1974 (c. 48, SIF 102), s. 9(1)