The London Regional Transport (Transitional Modifications) Order 2000

Article 3(2)

SCHEDULE MODIFICATIONS OF THE LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT ACT 1984 DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD

1.  Section 7(1) (planning of passenger transport services for Greater London) shall be omitted.

2.—(1) Section 8(2) (co-ordination of operational matters under the control of London Regional Transport) shall be amended as follows.

(2) Paragraph (a) (co-ordination of the general level and structure of fares to be charged for services) shall be omitted.

(3) For paragraphs (b) and (c) (co-ordination of general structure of routes of services and general level of their frequency of operation) there shall be substituted—

“(b) the general structure of routes of public passenger transport services provided by—

(i) London Regional Transport;

(ii) any subsidiary of London Regional Transport; or

(iii) any other person in pursuance of an agreement entered into by virtue of section 3(2) or (2A)(a) of this Act.

(bb) the general level of provision to be made with respect to the frequency of operation of such services; and

(c) the general level of charges to be made for other facilities provided by a body or person as mentioned in paragraph (b) above.”

3.  Section 29 (annual business plans) shall be omitted.

4.  Section 35 (inclusion in annual report of information with respect to the carriage of passengers by road) shall be omitted.

5.  Section 40 (London Regional Passengers' Committee) shall be omitted.

6.  Sections 50 to 53 (travel concessions) shall not have effect in relation to any accounting year beginning after 31st March 2001.

7.  Section 59 (provision of extra transport services and facilities by the Railways Board) shall be omitted.

8.  In section 68 (interpretation) for the definition of “Passengers' Committee” there shall be substituted—

““Passengers' Committee” means the London Transport Users' Committee, established under section 247 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;”.

9.—(1) Schedule 2 (operating powers) shall be amended as follows—

(2) For paragraph 1(1) (power to carry passengers by any form of land or water transport) there shall be substituted—

“(1) London Regional Transport may carry passengers by railway within, to or from Greater London.”

(3) Paragraph 2 (arrangements for air services and vehicle hire) shall be omitted.

(4) After paragraph 2 there shall be inserted—

“2A.   London Regional Transport shall have power to secure the provision by other persons of services for the carriage of passengers by road, where a railway service provided or secured under or by virtue of this Act is temporarily interrupted.”

(5) In paragraph 7(3) (London Regional Transport not to be a common carrier by rail or inland waterway) “or inland waterway” shall be omitted.

(6) Paragraph 10 (power to let passenger vehicles on hire) shall be omitted.

(7) Paragraph 22(2) (power to supply spare parts and components for passenger road vehicles) shall be omitted.

(8) In paragraph 25 (which refers to paragraph 10) “or 10” shall be omitted.

10.  Schedule 3 (the London Regional Passengers' Committee) shall be omitted.

(1)

Section 7 was amended by the Railways Act 1993, Schedule 12, paragraph 15, by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 19 and by the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11), Schedule 2, paragraph 65.

(2)

Section 8 was amended by the London Regional Transport Act 1996, section 4(2)(b).