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Amendments made: No. 137, in page 46, line 39. after 'closure'insert
', other than a condition requiring the Franchising Director to secure the provision of a bus substitution service (within the meaning of sections 119 to 124 of the Transport Act 1985),'.
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No. 138, in page 46, line 42, at end insert—
'(1A) Where, in exercise of his power under subsection (1) above, the Regulator decides to vary or revoke any closure condition, he shall send a copy of his decision to—
- (a) the Secretary of State,
- (b) the Franchising Director,
- (c) every consultative committee whose area consists of or includes the whole or any part of the area affected by the closure to which the condition relates, and
- (d) either—
- (i) if the closure in question is one falling within section 32 above, the service operator, within the meaning of that section, or
- (ii) if the closure in question is one falling within section 34 or 35 above, the operator of the network, station or light maintenance depot in question who gave the notice required by subsection (1) of the section in question,
and shall publish notice of the decision at every station within the area affected by the closure to which the condition relates.'.
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No. 144, in page 47, line 4, after 'section'insert—
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'"the area affected", in relation to any closure, shall be construed in accordance with the section under or by virtue of which the Franchising Director was required to publish in connection with that closure the notice referred to in section 36(1) above;'.—[Mr. Arbuthnot.]