Part IV Miscellaneous and General

The Nationalised Transport Advisory Council, the Consultative Committees and the Transport Tribunal

56 The F1Passengers’ Council and London Transport Users’ Committee.

F2(1)

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F2(2)

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F2(3)

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(4)

Subject to the following provisions of this section, it shall be the F3duty of the F4Passengers’ Council and F5the London Transport Users' Committee to consider and, where it appears to them to be desirable, make recommendations with respect to any matter affecting the services and facilities provided by any of the Boards—

(a)

which has been the subject of representations (other than representations appearing to the committee to be frivolous) made to the committee by or on behalf of users of those services or facilities, or

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which has been referred to F6the F4Passengers’ Council or F7the London Transport Users' Committee by the Minister or by a Board, or

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which appears to F6the F4Passengers’ Council or F7the London Transport Users' Committee to be a matter to which consideration ought to be given;

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F9(5)

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(6)

Where the Minister receives a recommendation under subsection (4) of this section he may give to the Board concerned such directions as he thinks fit with respect to the matters dealt with in the recommendation.

F10(6ZA)

If the Secretary of State so directs F11..., subsections (4) to (6) of this section shall have effect in relation to F11F12... the F4Passengers’ Council F13and the London Transport Users' Committee as if the reference in subsection (4) of this section to services and facilities provided by any of the Boards included a reference to any such ferry service as may be specified in the direction, whether provided by a Board or by some other person; and, in the application of subsections (4) to (6) of this section in relation to any such ferry service, any reference in those subsections to a Board shall be taken to include a reference to the person providing the ferry service.

F14(6A)

F15Each of the F4Passengers’ Council and the London Transport Users' Committee may consider, and if they think fit object to, any proposal for the discontinuance of railway services made in an application for an order under section 1 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 or made by the Secretary of State by virtue of section 7 of that Act.

F16(7)

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F16(8)

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F16(9)

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F16(10)

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F17(11)

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F16(12)

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F16(13)

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F16(14)

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F16(15)

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F17(16)

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F16(17)

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F17(18)

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F18(19)

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F19(20)

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