(1)Where the Committee investigates a matter under section 252B—
(a)it may prepare a report of its findings; and
(b)it must do so if required to do so by the Secretary of State in relation to any matter falling within section 252B(3) that was referred to it by him for the purposes of that requirement.
(2)The Committee must not include a proposal for the taking of any steps in a report prepared by it under this section unless, on the basis of the information available to it, it considers that, balancing each of the following against the other—
(a)the costs of taking those steps, and
(b)the benefits that will be enjoyed by persons in consequence of the taking of those steps,
the expenditure involved represents good value for money.
(3)The Committee—
(a)must send a copy of every report prepared under this section to the [F2Passengers’ Council]; and
(b)may publish the report;
but the Committee may publish a report relating to findings on a matter referred to the Committee by the Secretary of State only if required to do so by him under this section.
(4)Where—
(a)the Committee prepares a report relating to a matter referred to it by the Secretary of State, but
(b)the report is not a report that the Secretary of State has required under subsection (1)(b),
the Committee must publish the report if it is required to do so by him.
(5)The Secretary of State may arrange for the publication of any report by the Committee the preparation of which he has required under subsection (1)(b).
(6)The publication of a report by the Committee or the Secretary of State may be in any manner that the Committee or (as the case may be) the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.
(7)References in this section to a matter referred to the Committee by the Secretary of State include references to a matter in relation to which he has required the Committee's assistance under section 252B(4).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 252B-252D inserted (24.7.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 6 para. 3; S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words in s. 252D(3)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (25.2.2010) by The Passengers’ Council (Non-Railway Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/439), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(3)