Local Transport Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 64: 64: Clause 54, page 47, line 42, after ““operator”” insert ““, any Integrated Transport Authority that may be affected by the recommended remedial measures”” The noble Lord said: This amendment relates to Clause 54, which seeks to give additional powers to traffic commissioners, "““where services are not operated as registered””." The Bill refers, towards the bottom of page 47, to, "““A traffic commissioner who prepares a report under subsection (4)””." That subsection relates to where a traffic commissioner, "““identifies any remedial measures … which, in the traffic commissioner’s opinion, could be taken … by the operator, or by a local traffic authority””." Subsection (5) states that they, "““must send a copy of the report to the operator and, if any of the recommended remedial measures are for implementation by a local traffic authority, to that authority””." The amendment would ensure that, as well as sending a copy of the report to the operator or, if appropriate, the local traffic authority, copies of reports on remedial measures that the traffic commissioners produced, following inquiries, would also be sent to the integrated transport authority. As the amendment states, such reports should go to, "““any Integrated Transport Authority that may be affected by the recommended remedial measures””." It is difficult to see that how an integrated transport authority could not be affected by any recommended remedial measures; hence the amendment, which makes it clear that if they were, the traffic commissioner would be required to send them a report as well. I beg to move.