Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

82 Other Passenger Transport Executives and their subsidiaries

(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act—

(a) any payment, acquisition or disposal by a Passenger Transport Executive whose area is either the whole or part of one county shall be treated as having been made by the county council;

(b) any receipt, contract or liability of an Executive shall be treated as a receipt, contract or liability of that council;

(c) any termination of an interest of an Executive shall be treated as the termination of an interest of that council; and

(d) any repayment to an Executive shall be treated as a repayment to that council.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, for the purposes of this Part of this Act

(a) any payment, acquisition or disposal by a Passenger Transport Executive established by an order under section 9 of the [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968 shall be treated as having been made by all the county councils any part of whose area is within the Executive's area ;

(b) any receipt, contract or liability of such an Executive shall be treated as a receipt, contract or liability of all those councils ; and

(c) any termination of an interest of such an Executive shall be treated as the termination of an interest of all those councils; and

(d) any repayment to such an Executive shall be treated as a repayment to all those councils.

(3) Subsection (2) above shall have effect in relation to a Passenger Transport Executive and to the county councils any part of whose area is within the Executive's areas subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the order establishing the Executive.

(4) Any reference to a Passenger Transport Executive in subsections (1) to (3) above includes a reference to a company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of such an Executive, as defined in section 159 (1) of the [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968.

(5) References to an authority in this Part of this Act shall be construed in accordance with this section.