SCHEDULE

Modification of the Transport Act 2000

6.

For section 112 there were substituted—

“112Regional plan: supplementary

(1)

In carrying out its functions under sections 108 to 109B, a corporate joint committee must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers concerning—

(a)

the content of regional transport plans,

(b)

the preparation of such plans,

(c)

the alteration and replacement of such plans, and

(d)

the publication and making available of such plans as originally made and as altered or replaced.

(2)

Subsection (3) applies in relation to the development of policies under section 108(1) and the implementation under section 108(1A) of those policies.

(3)

A corporate joint committee, or a local transport authority within the area of the corporate joint committee (as the case may be), must have regard to the transport needs of disabled persons (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010) and of persons who are elderly or who have mobility problems.”