Orders Before Parliament
From now on, new orders laid before Parliament will be under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.
Local Authorities Consent Requirements
A proposal to decrease unnecessary bureaucracy for all local authorities by:
- removing from the Cancer Act 1939 the requirement for English and Welsh local authorities to obtain the Attorney General's consent before instituting prosecutions for publishing certain advertisements concerning cancer treatment and to make clear that the specified local authorities have a discretion on whether or not to prosecute in any particular case rather than a duty;
- removing the need for a local authority in England or Wales to obtain the Secretary of State's or the Welsh Ministers' approval to amalgamate taxi licensing zones in its area;
- removing the requirement that action by English and Welsh local authorities under the 1993 Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act is subject to consent from the Secretary of State. This would give authorities complete freedom to provide advice and assistance to bodies overseas in accordance with the remaining requirements of the 1993 Act; and
- by amending the Education Act 1996 to remove the requirement on local education authorities to seek the Secretary of State's or the Welsh Ministers' approval with regard to their arrangements for the consideration and disposal of any complaint that the local authority, or teacher in charge of the Pupil Referral Unit, have acted unreasonably with respect to certain functions or have failed to discharge their duty to provide a balanced and broadly based curriculum at a Pupil Referral Unit
- Proposed Order [PDF 27KB, 4 pages]
- Explanatory document [PDF 138KB, 51 pages]
Public Service Vehicles
A proposal to reform the Transport Act 1985 and the Transport Act 1968. It will:
- remove the requirement for school transport services carrying pupils or students (but not the general public) as fare-paying passengers to be registered with the traffic commissioners
- increase the maximum permitted length of bus subsidy contracts
- allow Passenger Transport Executives to lease buses to operators for the provision of services under bus subsidy contracts and
- remove the restrictions placed by the 1985 Act on Councillor Directors of Public Transport Companies.
Initial Scrutiny period began 22 November 2005.
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