(1)The Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 is amended as follows.
(2)After section 32A insert—
(1)A local transport authority must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, prepare and publish a report on the performance of their functions under sections 28 and 29.
(2)The report is to include information on—
(a)any determination made by the authority under section 28(1) during the year,
(b)any arrangements the authority has made under section 28(4) during the year, including, in relation to the required ticketing arrangements to which those arrangements relate—
(i)whether or not they are smart ticketing arrangements,
(ii)the extent to which they comply with the national technological standard for smart ticketing, and
(iii)where they are not smart ticketing arrangements or do not comply with the national technological standard for smart ticketing, the reasons for this, and
(c)any ticketing schemes the authority has made, varied or revoked during the year.
(3)The reference in subsection (2)(c) to ticketing schemes made, varied or revoked by the authority includes ticketing schemes made, varied or revoked by the authority and one or more other local transport authorities acting jointly.”.