PART 1Strategic highways companies
Oversight
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The Passengers' Council must carry out activities to protect and promote the interests of users of highways for which a strategic highways company is the highway authority.
2
Those activities may include investigating, publishing reports or giving advice to the Secretary of State on—
a
how a strategic highways company's exercise of its functions or achievement of its objectives under a Road Investment Strategy affects users of highways for which it is the highway authority, and
b
any other matters—
i
relating to highways for which a strategic highways company is the highway authority, and
ii
which the Council considers to be of interest to users of such highways.
3
The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that those activities may not relate to a matter—
a
to the extent specified;
b
subject to compliance with specified conditions.
4
The Secretary of State must consult the Council before making regulations under subsection (3).
5
The Secretary of State must, in exercising functions under this Part, have regard to any advice given to him or her by the Council under this section.
6
The Council may by agreement with a local highway authority carry out activities to protect and promote the interests of users of highways for which the authority is the highway authority.
7
Those activities may include investigating, publishing reports or giving advice to the local highway authority on any matters—
a
relating to highways for which the authority is the highway authority, and
b
which the authority and the Council consider to be of interest to users of such highways.
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In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (other public bodies and offices: general), at the appropriate place insert— “
The Passengers' Council.
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