Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (4.12.2023) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), ss. 36(2), 130(2) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. A1 Pts. 1-3: functions exercisable concurrently (5.6.2024) by The Transport Partnerships (Transfer of Functions) (Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/161), arts. 1(1), 2-5
7(1)This section applies where, following consultation under paragraph 6, a local transport authority consider it appropriate to modify the partnership proposal.S
(2)The local transport authority must give notice of the partnership proposal as modified to persons who, on the relevant day, are operators of qualifying local services in the area to which the partnership proposal as modified relates.
(3)The notice under sub-paragraph (2) must—
(a)contain full details of the partnership proposal as modified,
(b)contain a statement advising of the effect of sub-paragraph (4),
(c)state the period within which objections may be made (which may not be less than 28 days).
(4)The local transport authority may not make the partnership proposal (as modified) if, within the period for making objections—
(a)in a case where the partnership proposal is a proposal to make a partnership plan and scheme (or schemes)—
(i)a sufficient number of the persons who are operators of qualifying local services in the area of the partnership proposal object to it being made,
(ii)a sufficient number of the persons who are operators of qualifying local services in the area of the scheme object to it being made, or
(b)in a case where the partnership proposal is a proposal to make a scheme (or schemes) in relation to an existing plan, a sufficient number of the persons who are operators of qualifying local services in the area of the scheme object to it being made.
(5)If the partnership proposal (as modified) relates to the making of two or more schemes at the same time, paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) of sub-paragraph (4) have effect as if the references to the scheme were references to the scheme in question.
(6)In this paragraph, “the relevant day”, in relation to a partnership proposal which has been modified, means the day before the day on which the local transport authority send out notices relating to the proposal in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).]