London Regional Transport Act 1984 (repealed)

Part I — London Regional Transport

Constitution and general functions of London Regional Transport

London Regional Transport

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Provision of passenger transport services for Greater London

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General powers

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Organisation of undertaking

Duty to establish companies to run London bus and underground services

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Redistribution of property among London Regional Transport and subsidiaries

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Obligation to invite tenders

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Planning and co-ordination

Planning of passenger transport services for Greater London

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Co-ordination of fares, services and charges under control of London Regional Transport

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Powers of disposal

Powers of disposal

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Power of Secretary of State to require exercise of powers of disposal, etc.

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Provision of services, etc., for related companies

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Financial provisions

Government funding of services under control of London Regional Transport

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Contribution from London ratepayers to expenditure on grants under section 12

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Provisions supplementary to section 13

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• (1) Subject to subsection (2) below, section 12 of the General Rate Act 1967 (provision as to precepts by certain authorities) shall apply to a demand issued under section 13(2) of this Act by the Secretary of State as it applies to a precept issued by any of the authorities mentioned in section 12(1) of that Act.

• (2) In that section, as applied by this section—

• (a) subsections (1), (2) and (10) shall be omitted ;

• (b) references to the precepting authority shall be read as references to the Secretary of State;

• (c) the reference in subsection (4) to that section shall be read as a reference to section 13 of this Act;

• (d) subsection (4) shall apply as if for the words " 1st February " there were substituted the words " 1st November "; and

• (e) the reference in subsection (11) to subsection (2) of that section shall be read as a reference to section 13(3) of this Act.

• (3) References to precepts and precepting authorities in—

• (a) section 5(1)(e) of that Act (information as to amounts levied for the purposes of rating authorities and precepting authorities to be included in demand notes for rates); and

• (b) section 14(2) of that Act (information to be supplied by precepting authorities for the purposes of section 5);

shall be read respectively as including any demand under section 13(2) of this Act and as including, in relation to any such demand, the Secretary of State.

• (4) References to section 12 of that Act—

• (a) in section 14(1) of that Act; and

• (b) in any rules made under section 113 of that Act for the purposes of section 12 of that Act;

shall be read as including section 12 as applied by this section; and any such rules shall have effect, in their application by virtue of this section, with any further modifications necessary in consequence of this section.

• (5) Where in accordance with section 12 as applied by this section any amount is payable to the Secretary of State in pursuance of a demand issued to a rating authority under section 13(2) of this Act, and the Secretary of State is satisfied—

• (a) that the rating authority have refused or through wilful neglect or wilful default failed to raise that amount by a rate ; or

• (b) that, having raised the amount by a rate, the rating authority have refused or through wilful neglect or wilful default failed to pay the amount due under the demand (determined in accordance with section 12 as so applied);

the provisions of section 15 of that Act (power for securing payment of precepts) shall apply (subject to subsection (6) below) as they apply where the Secretary of State issues a certificate to the effect mentioned in subsection (1) of that section (which makes provision with respect to the amount due under a precept corresponding to the provision made above in this subsection).

• (6) The provisions of section 15 apply with the omission of subsection (2); and in those provisions, as applied by subsection (5) above, references to the precepting authority and to the precept shall be read respectively as references to the Secretary of State and to the demand.

• (7) Section 4 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 (proceedings in respect of rates and precepts) shall apply to a demand under section 13(2) of this Act as it applies to a precept.

• (8) Expressions used in this section or section 13 of this Act to which a meaning is given for the purposes of the General Rate Act 1967 have the same meaning as in that Act.

Financial duty

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Control by Secretary of State of financial objectives

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Financial support for subsidiaries, contractors, etc.

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Borrowing powers

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Loans from Secretary of State

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Treasury guarantees

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Control over financial commitments of subsidiaries

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Limit on financial commitments of London Regional Transport group

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Accounts

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Exclusion of National Audit Act 1983

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Pensions

Pensions and orders about pensions

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Pensions for employees of related companies

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Miscellaneous and supplemental

Supplementary provisions with respect to transfer schemes

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Provision of extra transport services and facilities

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Annual business plans

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Information and publicity with respect to plans as to services and fares

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Duty of Railways Board to consult London Regional Transport as to fares and services in London

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Further powers of Secretary of State

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Further provision with respect to control of subsidiaries

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Annual report

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Inclusion in annual report of information with respect to contract and express carriage business

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Part II — The London Regional Rail Passenger Network

Provision for additional functions of London Regional Transport as to railway services

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Responsibility for London regional rail passenger network

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Application and modification of Part I

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Expiry of Part II

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Part III — Miscellaneous and General

Consultation with passengers

The London Regional Passengers' Committee

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Operation of the Passengers' Committee as an Area Transport Users' Consultative Committee

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Railway closures in and around Greater London

Application of provisions of the 1962 and 1968 Acts relating to railway closures

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Regulation of services by public service vehicles in and around London

Regulation of London bus services under control of London Regional Transport

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Provisions consequential on section 43

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• (1) The provisions of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 are subject to section 43 of this Act, but, except as provided by that section, apply for regulating the provision of stage carriage services (within the meaning of that Act) within Greater London as well as elsewhere.

• (2) The following provisions of this section have effect for the purpose of making amendments of that Act consequential on section 43 of this Act (which supersedes provisions of the 1969 Act which, in effect, gave control over all such stage carriage services in Greater London to the Executive).

• (3) In subsection (1) of section 30 (road service licences required for operation of stage carriage services), for the words " section 23 of the Transport (London) Act 1969 " there shall be substituted the words " section 43 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 ".

• (4) In section 35 (grant of road service licences for certain excursions or tours) for subsection (1)(a)(ii) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(ii) any London bus service within the meaning of section 43 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 which, by virtue of subsection (1) of that section, does not require a road service licence;

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• (5) In subsection (2) of section 42 (use of certain vehicles by educational and other bodies) the words from "and section 23(2) " to " services) " (which refer to the provisions of the 1969 Act mentioned in subsection (2) above) shall be omitted.

• (6) In section 45(5) (which makes special provision with respect to community bus services provided in whole or in part in Greater London)—

• (a) for the words from " section 23 " to " of a road service licence) " there shall be substituted the words " section 43 of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 (which exempts London bus services under the control of London Regional Transport from the requirement of a road service licence) "; and

• (b) the words from " but where " to the end of the subsection shall be omitted.

Excursions and tours with stopping places in Greater London

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• (1) The following section shall be inserted in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 immediately after section 35 (grant of road service licences for certain excursions or tours)—

(35A) (1) If, in the case of any application for a road service licence made to the traffic commissioners for the Metropolitan Traffic Area— (a) the traffic commissioners are satisfied as mentioned in section 35(1) of this Act; and (b) they are also satisfied that the proposed service involves the use of any place in Greater London as a stopping place ; the following provisions of this section shall apply in relation to the application and to any licence granted on it instead of section 35(1). (2) In this section " stopping place" means, in relation to any service, a point at which passengers are taken up or set down in the course of that service. (3) Section 33 of this Act shall not apply in relation to any application for a road service licence to which this section applies or in relation to any licence granted on any such application, and sections 31 and 32 of this Act shall so apply subject to the modifications provided by the following provisions of this section. (4) The interests of the public falling to be considered under any provision of section 31 or 32, as that provision applies by virtue of this section, shall be confined to the interests of the public in securing that only places which are suitable for use as such are used as stopping places for the service in question in Greater London. The reference above in this subsection to the service in question is a reference to the proposed service or the service provided under any road service licence granted on an application to which this section applies (as the case may require). (5) For the purposes of this section a place is to be regarded as not being suitable for use as a stopping place for any service if the traffic commissioners are satisfied that its use as such would be prejudicial to the safety or convenience of the public. (6) Section 31 shall apply with the omission of— (a) paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3); and (b) subsection (4); and subsection (3)(c) of that section shall apply only in relation to objections or representations made by the commissioner or commissioners of police concerned or by any of the local authorities affected. (7) In subsection (6) above " commissioner of police " means— (a) in relation to the metropolitan police district, the commissioner of police of the metropolis ; and (b) in relation to the City of London, the Commissioner of Police for the City of London; and for the purposes of that subsection the local authorities affected are the Greater London Council and any of the following councils, that is to say, the councils of the London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London, in whose area any stopping place for the proposed service is situated. (8) Section 32 shall apply with the omission of subsections (1) and (2), but the traffic commissioners in granting a licence on any application to which this section applies may attach to the licence such conditions of a description within section 32(1)(c) as they think fit, having regard to any objections or other representations that fall to be considered in relation to that application by virtue of section 31(3)(c) as it applies by virtue of this section, for securing that only places which are suitable for use as such are used as stopping places for the proposed service in Greater London. (9) Any condition attached to a road service licence under subsection (8) above shall be treated for the purposes of the references in sections 30(7) and 32(5) of this Act to a condition attached under section 32 as having been attached to the licence under that section. (10) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 35 of this Act shall apply in relation to a road service licence granted in pursuance of section 31, as section 31 applies by virtue of this section, as those subsections apply in relation to a road service licence granted in pursuance of section 35.

• (2) In section 35(1) of that Act, at the beginning there shall be inserted the words " Subject to section 35A of this Act ".

• (3) In section 54(4) of that Act (procedure of the traffic commissioners in certain cases)—

• (a) in paragraph (a), after the word " Act" there shall be inserted the words " or (as the case may be) as mentioned in section 35(1) of this Act and also as mentioned in section 35A(1)(b) of this Act "; and

• (b) in paragraph (b), for the words " so satisfied" there shall be substituted the words " satisfied as mentioned in section 34(1) or 35(1), other than an application in the case of which they have determined that they are also satisfied as mentioned in section 35A(1)(b) ".

• (4) Nothing in this section shall apply in relation to an application for a road service licence made before this section comes into force.

Transfers to and from the Railways Board, etc.

Schemes for transfers between London Regional Transport group and Railways Board group

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Orders for transfer of functions, etc., within London Regional Transport group and between that group and Railways Board group

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Compensation for loss of employment, etc.

Compensation for loss of employment, etc.

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Grants by Greater London Council for initial year

Grants by Greater London Council for year including appointed day

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Travel concessions

Travel concessions on journeys in and around Greater London

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Reserve free travel scheme for London residents

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Supplementary provisions with respect to the free travel scheme

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Requirements as to scope and uniformity of arrangements for travel concessions under section 50(1)

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Penalty fares

Penalty fares

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Interpretation of the penalty fares provisions

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Supplementary provisions with respect to penalty fares

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Exclusion of double liability

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Operation of the penalty fares provisions

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Miscellaneous

Provision of extra transport services and facilities by Railways Board

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Interim control over organisation and fares of Executive

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Provisions as to approvals, consents and directions

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Joint subsidiaries

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Orders and regulations

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