Committee
Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee, 14 Mar 2007
14 Mar 2007 · S2 · Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee
Item of business
Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill: Consideration Stage
Section 37 will allow the authorised undertaker—currently Network Rail—to transfer its functions, obligations and statutory powers to another undertaker. It is not expected that it would want to do that, but the section is necessary to ensure that any new authorised undertaker will not only have the same powers to construct the railway, but will have the same obligations imposed on it, including the requirement to carry out any undertakings that are given by Network Rail. The section will also empower the authorised undertaker to create securities over the undertaking.Amendment 30 will add a definition of "disposal" to section 37 to make clear what is included within that term as used in the section, should any such transfer occur. The amendment will also delete from section 37 the interpretation of "functions", which amendment 51 will add to the general interpretation section, thus applying the definition throughout the bill.I move amendment 30.
In the same item of business
The Convener (Phil Gallie):
Con
Welcome to the third and final meeting in 2007 of the Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee. The meeting is quorate; we have a full...
Sections 1 and 2 agreed to.
Schedule 1Scheduled works
The Convener:
Con
Amendment 1, in the name of Cathy Peattie, is in a group on its own.
Cathy Peattie (Falkirk East) (Lab):
Lab
Amendment 1 corrects a typographical error in the numbering of one of the works relating to the construction of a new cycle path, which was incorrectly descr...
Amendment 1 agreed to.
Schedule 1, as amended, agreed to.
Section 3 agreed to.
Schedule 2 agreed to.
Section 4—Permitted deviation within limits
The Convener:
Con
Amendment 2, in the name of Janis Hughes, is in a group on its own.
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab):
Lab
Section 4 permits the authorised undertaker, when constructing the railway works, to deviate at any place from the levels provided. The authorised undertaker...
Amendment 2 agreed to.
Section 4, as amended, agreed to.
Section 5 agreed to.
Section 6—Construction, maintenance and vesting of new or altered roads and vesting of bus lay-by, car parks and cyclepath
The Convener:
Con
Amendment 3, in the name of Jeremy Purvis, is grouped with amendments 4 to 13, 16, 43 and 48.
Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD):
LD
All of the amendments in this group are concerned with the eventual ownership of public roads and private accesses that are to be built by the authorised und...
Amendment 3 agreed to.
Amendment 4 moved—Jeremy Purvis and agreed to.
Section 6, as amended, agreed to.
Section 7—Vesting of private roads
Amendments 5 to 7 moved—Jeremy Purvis—and agreed to.
Section 7, as amended, agreed to.
Schedule 10Roads, bus lay-by, car parks and cyclepath
Amendments 8 to 13 moved—Jeremy Purvis—and agreed to.
Schedule 10, as amended, agreed to.
Section 8—Vesting of freight depot and associated facilities
The Convener:
Con
Amendment 14, in the name of Jeremy Purvis, is grouped with amendment 15.
Jeremy Purvis:
LD
Amendments 14 and 15 relate to the relocation of the rail freight depot at Boghall, which is provided for in the bill. The existing depot is situated close t...