Amendment summary
Lord Hanningfield moved amendment 2C, in clause 9, page 11, line 34, at end to insert: "(2C)(a)In preparing their local transport plan, the authority may create a bus partnership scheme. (b)A bus partnership scheme shall agree guidelines and seek consensus on bus routes, frequencies, fares and other matters that shall be agreed, for the period of the local transport plan. (c)In constructing a bus partnership scheme, the authority shall consult all operators of registered services in the specified area. (d) In exercising their statutory functions under the Town and Country Planning Acts, the local planning authority shall have regard to the bus partnership scheme and guidance contained therein."