45Directions about ticketing schemes
(1)The Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 is amended as follows.
(2)After section 32 insert—
“32ADirections about ticketing schemes
(1)The Scottish Ministers may direct a local transport authority, or two or more such authorities, to exercise their power—
(a)under section 29(1) to make a ticketing scheme, or
(b)under section 31(5) to vary a ticketing scheme.
(2)A direction under subsection (1) may specify—
(a)ticketing arrangements or kinds of ticketing arrangements that operators of local services must be required to make and implement under the ticketing scheme,
(b)provision of the kind mentioned in section 29(3B) that the ticketing arrangements must include,
(c)the class of local services to which the scheme is to apply.
(3)Before making a direction under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must consult the National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board.
(4)A direction under subsection (1) must—
(a)be in writing, and
(b)be published (as soon as practicable after it is communicated to the local transport authority or authorities), and
(c)set out the Scottish Ministers’ reasons for making it.
(5)The Scottish Ministers may revise or revoke a direction under subsection (1).
(6)Subsection (4) applies to the revision or revocation of a direction under subsection (1) as it applies to such a direction.”.