109[F1Further provision about plans: England]E+W
(1)A local transport authority [F2whose area is in England] must keep their local transport plan under review and alter it if they consider it appropriate to do so.
(2)The authority must replace the plan not later than five years after the date on which it was made.
(3)As soon as practicable after any occasion when they prepare a new plan or alter their plan, the authority must—
(a)publish the plan or the plan as altered in such manner as they think fit, and
(b)send a copy of it to the Secretary of State F3... and to such other persons (if any) as may be specified in guidance under section 112(1).
(4)The authority must also—
(a)cause a copy of their local transport plan to be made available for inspection (at all reasonable hours) at such places as they think fit,
(b)give notice, by such means as they think expedient for bringing it to the attention of the public, as to the places at which a copy of it may be inspected, and
(c)supply a copy of it (or any part of it) to any person on request, either free of charge or at a charge representing no more than the cost of providing the copy.
(5)Where a local transport authority [F4whose area is in England] have, before the coming into force of section 108, prepared and published a document which—
(a)contains policies developed by them for the purposes described in subsection (1)(a) of that section, and
(b)was prepared and published in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of State F5... ,
that document shall be taken to be the authority’s local transport plan.
(6)But, in the case of a document which is a local transport plan by virtue of subsection (5), subsection (2) requires its replacement [F6not later than 31st March 2006 (rather than not later than five years after the date on which it was made).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 109 heading substituted (26.5.2006) by Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5), s. 12, Sch. para. 3(2); S.I. 2006/1403, art. 2(2)(c)
F2Words in s. 109(1) inserted (26.5.2006) by Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5), s. 12, Sch. para. 3(3); S.I. 2006/1403, art. 2(2)(c)
F3Words in s. 109(3)(b) omitted (26.5.2006) by virtue of Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5), s. 12, Sch. para. 3(4); S.I. 2006/1403, art. 2(2)(c)
F4Words in s. 109(5) inserted (26.5.2006) by Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5), s. 12, Sch. para. 3(5)(a); S.I. 2006/1403, art. 2(2)(c)
F5Words in s. 109(5) omitted (26.5.2006) by virtue of Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5), s. 12, Sch. para. 3(5)(b); S.I. 2006/1403, art. 2(2)(c)
F6Words in s. 109(6) substituted (26.5.2006) by Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5), s. 12, Sch. para. 3(6); S.I. 2006/1403, art. 2(2)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 109 applied (with modifications) (1.2.2005) by The Local Authorities' Plans and Strategies (Disapplication) (England) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/157), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2 (with art. 7(4))
Commencement Information
I1S. 109 wholly in force at 1.8.2001; s. 109 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 109 in force (E.) at 1.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I (subject to the savings in Sch. 3 Pt. II); s. 109 in force (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 1