SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Consultations under Part 4

Specific notification to particular persons

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1

The person carrying out the consultation must—

a

send to every person specified in sub-paragraph (2) (apart from himself) both a copy of every notice published under paragraph 2 and a summary of the results of the initial assessment; and

b

in such manner as he considers appropriate, consult such other persons (if any) as he thinks fit.

2

Those persons are—

a

in the case of a consultation for the purposes of section 22(7)(a), 25(6)(a), 26(7)(a) or 29(7)(a), the person making the proposal in question;

b

in the case of a consultation for the purposes of—

i

subsection (4)(b) of section 24,

ii

subsection (3)(b) of section 27,

iii

subsection (3)(b) of section 28,

iv

subsection (3)(b) of section 30, or

v

subsection (3)(b) of section 31,

the national authority for the purposes of that section;

c

if the proposal affects Wales, F2the Welsh Ministers;

d

if the proposal affects Greater London, the Mayor of London;

e

every Passenger Transport Executive whose area is affected by the proposal;

f

every local authority in whose area there are persons living, working or studying who appear to the person carrying out the consultation to be persons affected by the proposal;

g

the F1Passengers’ Council;

h

if the proposal affects its area, the London Transport Users' Committee;

i

every person designated by order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Schedule as a body representing interests of railway passengers;

j

every railway funding authority appearing to the person carrying out the consultation to be a party to financial arrangements that are or may be affected by the proposal;

k

every person providing railway services who appears to the person carrying out the consultation to be affected by the proposal;

l

every person providing station services in relation to a station affected by the proposal.

3

The person carrying out the consultation must require every operator of a station in the area affected by the proposal to whom he sends a copy of a notice under sub-paragraph (1) to secure that a copy of it is published by being displayed at that station until the end of the interim period.

4

An order under sub-paragraph (2)(i) is subject to the negative resolution procedure.

5

In the case of a consultation carried out for the purposes of section 25, sub-paragraph (2) has effect with the omission of paragraph (j).

6

In this paragraph “local authority”—

a

in relation to England and Wales, means a county council or county borough council, a community council or a council for a district in an area for which there is no county council; and

b

in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65).