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.