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Transport Act 2000, Section 126 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 126:
- s. 86(8) inserted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 29 para. 2
- Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(ri) inserted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 30 para. 27(a)
- Sch. 16 para. 34(4)(a) para. 34(4)(b) (c) repealed by 2005 c. 14 Sch. 13 Pt. 1
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- s. 86(8) inserted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 29 para. 2
- Sch. 9 para. 3(3)(ri) inserted by 2024 c. 13 Sch. 30 para. 27(a)
- Sch. 16 para. 34(4)(a) para. 34(4)(b) (c) repealed by 2005 c. 14 Sch. 13 Pt. 1
126 [F1Approval of proposed schemes for areas in Wales]E+W
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(1)If, having complied with [F3the requirements of] section 125, the authority or authorities wish to proceed with the proposed scheme, they must apply to the appropriate national authority for its approval.
(2)The application must include—
(a)their reasons for wishing to make the scheme, and
(b)such other information as the appropriate national authority may reasonably require.
(3)Any person [F4who was consulted, or who is aggrieved at not being consulted,] under section 125(3) may make written representations to the appropriate national authority about the scheme.
(4)The appropriate national authority may approve the proposed scheme, with or without modifications, if it is satisfied that—
(a)the conditions set out in [F5paragraphs (a) to (e)] of section 124(1) F6... are met, and
(b)it is in the interests of the public that the scheme is made.
(5)If the appropriate national authority proposes to approve the scheme with modifications, it must first inform the authority or authorities and they must—
(a)consult such of the persons they consulted under section 125(3) as would, in their opinion, be affected by those modifications, and
(b)inform the appropriate national authority as to the outcome of that consultation.
(6)After being informed of that outcome the appropriate national authority may approve the scheme either with those modifications or without modifications.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 126 heading substituted (11.1.2010 for E.) by virtue of Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 21(6), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F2S. 126(A1) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Bus Services Act 2017 (c. 21), s. 26(3), Sch. 2 para. 9
F3Words in s. 126(1) inserted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 21(3), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F4Words in s. 126(3) substituted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 21(4), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F5Words in s. 126(4)(a) substituted (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 21(5)(a), 134(4); S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
F6Words in s. 126(4)(a) repealed (11.1.2010 for E.) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 21(5)(b), 134(4), Sch. 7 Pt. 2; S.I. 2009/3242, art. 2(1)(a)
Commencement Information
I1S. 126 partly in force; s. 126 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 275(1)(2); s. 126 in force for specified purposes (W.) at 1.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2788, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 3; s. 126 in force (E.) at 26.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3342, art. 2, Sch.
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