SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Proposals to discontinue excluded London services
Notice of proposal
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1
The service operator—
a
must give notice in the required manner of his proposal; and
b
must not give effect to the closure before the end of the period specified in the notice for the making of objections to the London Transport Users' Committee.
2
The notice must set out—
a
the proposal date;
b
the other particulars of the proposal;
c
particulars of alternative services which it appears to the service operator will be available;
d
any proposal of the service operator for providing or augmenting the alternative services;
e
a statement that any objections about the proposal may be sent to the London Transport Users' Committee on or before the proposal date.
3
The proposal date must be not less than six weeks after the notice is last published in a local newspaper for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4).
4
A notice under this paragraph is published in the required manner if it is published, in two successive weeks—
a
in a local newspaper circulating in the area affected by the proposal;
b
in two newspapers circulating generally in England (or in England and any other part of the United Kingdom); and
c
in such other manner as appears to the person giving the notice to be appropriate.
5
The service operator must send a copy of every notice published under this paragraph—
a
to the London Transport Users' Committee; and
b
to every person who is the operator of a station within the area affected by the proposal;
and must require every such operator to publish the notice by displaying it at the stations he operates in that area.
6
In this paragraph a reference to the area affected by the proposal is a reference to the area in which is situated the line or station referred to in paragraph 1(1).