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SCHEDULE 1SFurther provision about regional Transport Partnerships

StaffS

1SA Transport Partnership shall appoint such employees as it considers necessary for the carrying out of its functions.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 10.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2

2SIf—

(a)proceedings are brought against an employee of a Transport Partnership in respect of—

(i)anything done by the employee in accordance or purportedly in accordance with an enactment; or

(ii)anything not done by the employee which it is alleged should have been done by the employee in accordance with an enactment; and

(b)the Transport Partnership is satisfied that the employee honestly believed—

(i)that the act or omission was within the scope of the employee's employment; and

(ii)that the employee was, under the enactment, required or entitled to do what was done or omit to do what should have been done,

then the Transport Partnership may indemnify all or any part of any damages or expenses which the employee might have been ordered to pay or might have or has incurred.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 10.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2

3SA Transport Partnership—

(a)shall obtain an appropriate guarantee for the accounting for all money and property which is or is likely to be in the custody or under the control of its employees;

(b)may obtain such a guarantee for all money and property which is or is likely to be in the custody or under the control of any person other than one of its employees.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 10.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2

4SIf it comes to the knowledge of a person who is an employee of a Transport Partnership that a contract in which the person has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest (not being a contract to which that person is a party) has been or is proposed to be entered into by the Transport Partnership, that person shall, as soon as practicable, give written notice of that fact to the Transport Partnership.

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 10.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2

5(1)An employee of a Transport Partnership who, under colour of the employment, accepts any fee or reward other than remuneration and expenses commits an offence.S

(2)A person who commits such an offence is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 10.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2