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(1)There shall be a body corporate to be known as the London Transport Users’ Committee, referred to in this Chapter as the Committee.
(2)The Committee shall consist of—
(a)a Chairman, and
(b)not more than twenty-four other members,
appointed by the Assembly after consultation with the [F1Secretary of State] .
(3)In appointing members under subsection (2) above, the Assembly shall have regard to the desirability of ensuring that the members of the Committee between them represent the interests of—
(a)those who use passenger transport facilities and services in Greater London, and
(b)those who use rail passenger transport facilities and services in the [F2area for which the Committee fell, immediately before the repeal of section 2 of the Railways Act 1993 (Rail Passengers' Committees), to be treated as the Rail Passengers' Committee for the purposes specified in subsection (4) of that section ].
(4)A person may not be appointed under subsection (2) above if he is—
(a)an Assembly member,
(b)a member of Transport for London,
(c)a member of staff of Transport for London, or
(d)a member of staff of the Authority.
(5)If, at any time after he is appointed, a member of the Committee becomes a person within subsection (4)(a) to (d) above, he shall cease to be a member of the Committee.
(6)The Assembly may designate one or more members of the Committee to be deputy chairman or (as the case may be) deputy chairmen of the Committee.
(7)Schedule 18 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Committee.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 247(2) substituted (24.7.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 12 para. 14(7); S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words in s. 247(3)(b) substituted (24.7.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 6 para. 1; S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch.
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