# Transport (Scotland) Act 2001, Paragraph 17


(1) This section applies where, following consultation under paragraph 16, a local transport authority consider it appropriate to modify the changes prepared under paragraph 13.
(2) The local transport authority must give notice of the changes as modified to persons who are (or were) operators of qualifying local services in the area to which the changes as modified relate at the qualifying time.
(3) The notice under sub-paragraph (2) must—
(a) contain full details of the changes as modified,
(b) contain a statement advising of the effect of sub-paragraph (4),
(c) state the period within which objections may be made (which may not be less than 28 days).
(4) The local transport authority may not proceed to vary the partnership plan or scheme in line with the modified changes if, within the period for making objections—
(a) in a case where the proposed variation relates to a plan, a sufficient number of the persons who are (or were) operators of qualifying local services in the area of the plan at the qualifying time object to the variation, or
(b) in a case where the proposed variation relates to a scheme, a sufficient number of the persons who are (or were) operators of qualifying local services in the area of the scheme at the qualifying time object to the variation.
(5) If the changes (as modified) relate to the variation of two or more partnership schemes at the same time, sub-paragraph (4)(b) has effect as if the references to the scheme were references to the scheme in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/2/schedule/A1/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2001/schedule-A1/paragraph-17
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