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INTEGRATING DISABILITY INTO TRANSPORT POLICY
ESTABLISHMENT OF A MOBILITY AND ACCESS COMMITTEE FOR SCOTLAND

SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2001 No.
TRANSPORT, SCOTLAND

The Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland Regulations 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001^(a), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.–(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on [                       ] 2001.(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

(3) In these Regulations "the committee" means the committee established by Regulation 2.

Establishment of Committee

2. There is hereby established a committee, to be known as the "Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland", for the purposes mentioned in section 72 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.

Membership

3.–(1) The Committee shall consist of—

appointed by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) The convener of the committee shall be a disabled person and at least one-half of the total number of members of the committee (including the convener) shall be disabled persons.

(3) In paragraph (2) above "disabled person" has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995^(b)

4.–(1) Any person appointed to be a member of the committee shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of that person’s appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member of the committee, be eligible for re-appointment.

(2) Any person so appointed may at any time resign by written notice given to the Scottish Ministers.

Administration etc

5.–(1) The Scottish Ministers shall provide the committee with funds with which to pay to its members such travelling and other allowances, and to defray such other expenses in connection with its functions, as the Scottish Ministers may determine.

(2) The Scottish Ministers shall make arrangements for the committee to be provided with such administrative support and office accommodation as they consider appropriate.

Constitution and procedure

6.–(1) The committee shall meet whenever convened by the convener and at least four times a year.

(2) Without prejudice to the discretion of the convener to call a meeting whenever the convener thinks fit, the convener shall call a meeting when required to do so by any five members of the committee.

(3) Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of every meeting of the committee.

(4) Subject to the preceding provisions of this Regulation, the committee shall determine its own procedure (including the quorum at its meetings).

7. The committee may delegate the exercise and performance of any of its functions to such of its sub-committees as it thinks fit.

8. The validity of any proceedings of the committee shall not be affected by any vacancy amongst the members, by any defect in the appointment of a member or by any failure to comply with a requirement imposed by these Regulations.

Work programme

9. The committee shall, after consulting with such persons as it considers appropriate, prepare and publish, by no later than 30th November in each year, a proposed work programme for the next following calendar year.

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh                2001

^(a) 2001 asp 2.
^(b) 1995 c.50.

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