2(1)The service operator—E+W+S
(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).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 2 in force at 1.12.2006 by S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch.