The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011

Passenger Transport Executive

9.—(1) In this article “the Executive” means the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive established by the South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1969(1).

(2) The Executive is to be an executive body of the GMCA for the purposes of Part 5 of the Local Transport Act 2008 and Part 6 of the 2009 Act and is to be known as “Transport for Greater Manchester”.

(3) In the application of section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (arrangements for the discharge of functions) to the GMCA the Executive is to be treated as if it were an officer of the GMCA.

(4) Where arrangements are in force for the discharge of functions of a constituent council by the GMCA by virtue of—

(a) section 101(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972; or

(b) section 19 of the Local Government Act 2000(2) and regulation 7 of the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2000(3),

the Executive is to be treated as if it were an officer of the GMCA for the purposes of section 101 of the Act of 1972 and for the purposes of those Regulations.

(5) The Executive has power to discharge any function which is the subject of arrangements entered into with it by virtue of paragraph (3) or (4).

(1)

S.I. 1969/95, amended by S.I. 1973/1727.

(2)

2000 c. 22.

(3)

S.I. 2000/2851.