SCHEDULE 1SFurther provision about regional Transport Partnerships

LandS

6(1)For the purposes of its functions, a Transport Partnership may—S

(a)acquire by agreement; or

(b)if authorised by the Scottish Ministers, purchase compulsorily,

any land.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1)(b) above—

(a)does not apply in relation to Crown land (within the meaning of section 242 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8)); and

(b)is subject to any other enactment conferring on the Transport Partnership power to acquire land compulsorily.

(3)The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 42) applies in relation to the compulsory purchase of land under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above as if—

(a)that provision were contained in an Act in force immediately before the commencement of that Act; and

(b)the Transport Partnership were a local authority.

(4)The power to acquire or purchase land under sub-paragraph (1) above includes power to acquire a servitude or other right in or over land by the creation of a new right.

(5)A Transport Partnership may develop its land for the purposes of its functions in such manner as it thinks fit.

7(1)A Transport Partnership may—S

(a)develop, for use by other persons, any of its land no longer required for the purposes of its functions; or

(b)develop for use wholly or partly by other persons any of its land the use of which for the purposes of its functions (not including those conferred by this paragraph) can be combined with that other use,

with a view to selling or otherwise disposing of the land (or any right or interest in or over it) after the development is carried out.

(2)A Transport Partnership may acquire land adjacent to its own for the purposes of developing it under sub-paragraph (1) above together with its own.

8SIn paragraphs 6 and 7 above, references to the functions of a Transport Partnership do not include those conferred by paragraph 7 above.

9(1)A Transport Partnership may dispose of land; and section 74(2) to (2H) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) (disposal for best consideration) applies in relation to a Transport Partnership as it applies in relation to a local authority.S

(2)The power to dispose of land under sub-paragraph (1) above includes power to dispose of a servitude or other right in or over the land by the creation of a new right.