SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 11 Minor and consequential amendments about local transport
Transport Act 1985 (c.67)
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Section 63 (functions of local councils with respect to passenger transport in areas other than passenger transport areas) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), omit paragraph (b) and the word “and” before it.
3
In subsection (3)—
a
omit “(1)(b) or” and “(1)(a) or”,
b
in paragraph (a), omit “as a local education authority or (as the case may be)”, and
c
in paragraph (b), omit “social services or (as the case may be)”.
4
In subsection (7), for the words from “so to conduct” to the end substitute “
to have regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
”
5
F1In subsection (8), at end insert “ and to the appropriate bus strategy. ”
6
F1After that subsection insert—
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In subsection (8) “the appropriate bus strategy” means—
a
in the case of a council which is a local transport authority (within the meaning of section 108(4) of the Transport Act 2000), their bus strategy;
b
in the case of a district council which is not such an authority, the bus strategy of the council for the county in which the district is situated.