Transport (Wales) Act 2006

8 Public Transport Users' Committee for Wales

(1) The Assembly may by order establish a body corporate, to be known as the Public Transport Users' Committee for Wales or Pwyllgor Defnyddwyr Trafnidiaeth Gyhoeddus Cymru.

(2) The Assembly may by order provide for a body established under subsection (1) to be known by a different name.

(3) A body established under subsection (1) is referred to in this Act as the Committee.

(4) An order under subsection (1) may include provision—

(a) about the status and membership of the Committee (including how members are to be appointed);

(b) about the proceedings of the Committee;

(c) about officers and staff of the Committee;

(d) about the discharge of functions of the Committee (including provision for the discharge of functions by sub-committees with members who are not all members of the Committee);

(e) about the making of reports by the Committee to the Assembly;

(f) about the making of payments to or in respect of officers, staff and members of the Committee;

(g) about the payment of pensions and the making of other payments to or in respect of former officers and staff of the Committee;

(h) about the keeping of accounts by the Committee and their audit and submission to the Assembly;

(i) about the acquisition and disposal by the Committee of property, rights and liabilities (including land);

(j) authorising the Committee to charge for any services it provides in the discharge of any of its functions;

(k) for the transfer of staff, property, rights and liabilities to the Committee.

(5) The Assembly may make payments to the Committee of such amounts, at such times, and on such conditions (if any) as it considers appropriate.

(6) The Assembly may by order make provision for the transfer of staff, property, rights and liabilities from the Committee to any other person.