Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)

Part II U.K. [F1 Integrated Transport Areas and Passenger Transport Areas]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 heading substituted (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 11(a); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 2 amended (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 150(2); modified (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 202(3), Sch. 24 Pt. II and Transport Act 1983 (c. 10, SIF 126), s. 10(1)(a)(c)

C2 Power to modify Pt. 2 conferred (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 150(3)

C3 Pt.2 amended (S.) (4.1.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(1) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2

C4 Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 9 (with art. 28)

Designation of [F2 Integrated Transport Areas or] Passenger Transport Areas and establishment and functions of Authorities and Executives E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 9 cross-heading inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 11(b); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

9 [F3 Passenger Transport Areas, Authorities and Executives.] [F3 Areas, Authorities and Executives.] E+W+N.I.

[F4 (1) [F5 Subject to any order under section 42(1)(c) of the Local Government Act 1985 (alteration or abolition of passenger transport areas, etc.)] for the purposes of this Part of this Act—

(a) each of the following areas [F6 shall be designated as follows], that is to say—

(i) in England and Wales, [F7 each of the metropolitan counties [F8 except [F9 a metropolitan county which is or is included in a combined authority area]] shall be an integrated transport area]; F10 ...

F11 (ia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii) in Scotland, such area to be known as the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area as the Minister may designate for the purposes of section 40 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 [F12 shall be a passenger transport area];

[F13 (aa) any reference to a “combined authority” is to an authority established under section 103(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 for an area which is or includes a metropolitan county;

(ab) any reference to a “combined authority area” is to an area for which a combined authority is established;]

(b) [F14 any reference to “the Authority” is a reference to—

(i) in relation to an integrated transport area in England and Wales, the Integrated Transport Authority established for the metropolitan county which is coterminous with or includes that integrated transport area; F15 ...]

[F16 (ia) in relation to a combined authority area [F17 (except as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ib))], the combined authority;]

[F18 (ib) in relation to the areas of the Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority and the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority, those authorities acting jointly through the joint transport committee appointed under article 8 of the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018;]

[F19 (ii) in relation to the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area, the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority]

(c) [F20 the Passenger Transport Executive for a passenger transport area (referred to below in this Part of this Act, in relation to that area, as “the Executive") shall be ] [F20 any reference to “the Executive” is a reference to—]

[F21 (i) in England and Wales] [F22 (except as mentioned in [F23 sub-paragraph (ia)] [F23 sub-paragraphs (ia) to (ie)])] the body which immediately before the date mentioned in paragraph (a) above was the Passenger Transport Executive for the designated area for the purposes of this Part of this Act corresponding to that passenger transport area; [F24 and

[F25 (ia) in relation to the area of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, that Authority;]

[F26 (iaa) in relation to the area of the West Midlands Combined Authority, that Authority;]

[F27 (ib) in relation to the area of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive;

(ic) in relation to the area of the Greater Merseyside Combined Authority, the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive;

(id) in relation to the area of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority, the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive;

[F28 (ie) in relation to the areas of the Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority and the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive;]]

(ii) in Scotland, the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive]

(2) The Executive for [F29 an integrated transport area [F30 , [F31 a combined authority area]] or] a passenger transport area consists of—

(a) a Director General appointed in accordance with Part II of Schedule 5 to this Act by the Authority; and

(b) not less than two nor more than eight other members so appointed by the Authority after consultation with the Director General.

(3) Subject to subsection (2) of this section and Part II of Schedule 5 to this Act, the Secretary of State may by order make with respect to the Executive for any [F32 integrated transport area [F30 , [F33 a combined authority area]] or] passenger transport area—

(a) such provision with respect to any of the matters referred to in Part III of that Schedule; and

(b) such supplementary, incidental and consequential provision;

as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.

(4) Before making any order under subsection (3) of this section, the Secretary of State shall consult with [F34 the Passenger Transport Authority] [F34 the Authority] for the area and, where the area is in England and Wales, with the councils of the districts comprised in the [F35 county which is coterminous with or includes that] area.]

(5) Each of the councils of the districts comprised in [F36 a county which is coterminous with or includes] [F37 a passenger transport area] [F37 an integrated transport area] [F38 or [F39 a combined authority area]] and each of the following bodies namely, the Authority, the Executive and any subsidiary of the Executive, shall have power to enter into and carry out agreements with one another for the giving of assistance by that council to that body or, as the case may be, by that body to that council by way of making available to the assisted party any services or facilities provided by, or any property of, the assisting party.

F40 (5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In relation to any area in Scotland or Wales, any reference to the Minister in any provision of this Part of this Act or Schedule 5 F41 . . . thereto other than [F42 section 20(6) and (7)] shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State.

[F43 (6A) This section applies in relation to [F44 each of the authorities within subsection (6B)] as if—

(a) subsections (2) to (4) were omitted; and

(b) in subsection (5), the words “the Executive and any subsidiary of the Executive”. were omitted.]

[F45 (6B) The authorities referred to in subsection (6A) are—

(a) the West Yorkshire Combined Authority;

(b) the West Midlands Combined Authority.]

[F46 (6C) Subsection (1)(ab) applies in relation to each of the authorities within subsection (6D) as if for the words “an area for which a combined authority is established” there were substituted “the area consisting of the areas for which the Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority and the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority are established”.

(6D) The authorities referred to in subsection (6C) are—

(a) the Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority;

(b) the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority.]

Extent Information

E1 This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 9 heading substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(9); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F4 S. 9(1)–(4) substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c.67, SIF 126) s. 57(1)(a)

F5 Words in s. 9(1) repealed (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 98(4), 134(4), Sch. 7 Pt. 4; S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F6 Words in s. 9(1)(a) inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(a); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F7 Words in s. 9(1)(a)(i) substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F8 Words in s. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/908), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2(a)

F9 Words in s. 9(1)(a)(i) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(2)(a)

F10 Word in s. 9(1)(a)(i) omitted (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/908), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2(b)

F11 S. 9(1)(a)(ia) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(2)(b)

F12 Words in s. 9(1)(a) become words in s. 9(1)(a)(ii) (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(c); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F13 S. 9(1)(aa)(ab) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(3)

F14 Words in s. 9(1)(b) substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(3); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F15 Word in s. 9(1)(b)(i) omitted (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/908), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(a)

F16 S. 9(1)(b)(ia) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(4)

F17 Words in s. 9(1)(b)(ia) inserted (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 11(a)(i) (with art. 28)

F18 S. 9(1)(b)(ib) inserted (E.W.) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 11(a)(ii) (with art. 28)

F19 S. 9(1)(b)(ii) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 80(2)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F20 Words in s. 9(1)(c) substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F21 Words inserted and words in s. 9(1)(c) renumbered as s. 9(1)(c)(i) (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 80(2)(c)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F22 Words in s. 9(1)(c)(i) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(a)

F23 Words in s. 9(1)(c)(i) substituted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 8 para. 9(2)(a)

F24 S. 9(1)(c)(ii) and preceding word inserted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 80(2)(c)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F25 S. 9(1)(c)(ia) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(b)

F26 S. 9(1)(c)(iaa) inserted (E.W.) (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(2)

F27 S. 9(1)(c)(ib)-(ie) inserted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 8 para. 9(2)(b)

F28 S. 9(1)(c)(ie) substituted (E.W.) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 11(b) (with art. 28)

F29 Words in s. 9(2) inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(5); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F30 Words in s. 9(2)(3) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/908), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 4

F31 Words in s. 9(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(5)

F32 Words in s. 9(3) inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(6); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F33 Words in s. 9(3) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(5)

F34 Words in s. 9(4) substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(7); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F35 Words inserted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 58(2)(b)

F36 Words inserted (E.W.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 58(2)(c)

F37 Words in s. 9(5) substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 2(8); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F38 Words in s. 9(5) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2011) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/908), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 5

F39 Words in s. 9(5) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(5)

F40 S. 9(5A) omitted (1.4.2014) by virtue of The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(6)

F41 Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 3, Sch. 8

F42 Words substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 3, Sch. 8

F43 S. 9(6A) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.2014) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)

F44 Words in s. 9(6A) substituted (E.W.) (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)

F45 S. 9(6B) inserted (E.W.) (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2(4)

F46 S. 9(6C)(6D) inserted (E.W.) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 11(c) (with art. 28)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 S. 9(5) modified (E.W.) (1.4.2018) by The Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/103), regs. 1(2), 19(1)