Part IV Transport
Chapter X The Transport Users’ Committee
247 The London Transport Users’ Committee.
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.