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Transport (Scotland) Act 2005

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42Functions of the Committee

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(1)The Committee may consider and make recommendations to the Scottish Ministers about any matter relating to public transport services in, from or to Scotland.

(2)The Committee shall consider and make recommendations about any other matter if asked to do so by the Scottish Ministers.

(3)The Scottish Ministers may, by order—

(a)confer further functions on the Committee;

(b)remove functions from the Committee;

(c)make changes to any function of the Committee;

(d)transfer any function of the Committee to another person (including the Scottish Ministers).

(4)An order under subsection (3)(a) or (c) above may confer a function or change a function only if the new function or, as the case may be, the function as changed relates to public transport services in, from or to Scotland or facilities for those services.

(5)The Committee may do anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of its functions.

(6)In this section, “public transport services” means all those services (including ferry services used also for carrying freight) on which members of the public rely for getting from place to place when not relying on facilities of their own but does not include—

(a)services provided under permits under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67) (permits in relation to use of buses by educational and other bodies) other than services provided wholly or mainly to meet the needs of members of the public who are elderly or disabled;

(b)excursions or tours.

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