# The London Transport Users' Committee (Transitional Provisions) Order 2000, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
On 3rd July 2000, under the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (‘the Act’) the London Regional Passengers' Committee (‘the LRPC’) is abolished, and the London Transport Users' Committee (‘the LTUC’) established.
Article 2 makes provision for the final annual report of the LRPC to include the period ending with the abolition of the Committee, and for the submission to the Secretary of State of, and audit of, its final accounts.
Article 3 makes provision for the superannuation of employees and former employees of the LRPC under the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Article 4 provides for the LTUC to be entitled to occupy the LRPC’s offices, and for the transfer of residual property, rights and liabilities (including those in relation to contracts of employment) to the LTUC.
Article 5 provides for continuity in the exercise of functions of the LRPC which are superseded by functions conferred by the Act on the LTUC, and article 6 provides for matters connected with rail journeys comprising the Channel Tunnel or the Heathrow Express Railway, and applications under the Transport and Works Act 1992, to be considered by the LTUC in place of the LRPC.
Article 7 provides for the LTUC to consider representations concerning public passenger services provided by London Regional Transport during the period before the residue of its undertaking is transferred to Transport for London.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1484/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-transport-users-committee-transitional-provisions-order-2000/note
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