Local Transport Act 2008

12 Development of policies by ITA no longer joint duty with district councils

(1) Section 113 of the TA 2000 (role of metropolitan district councils) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit subsection (1).

(3) For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) The duties imposed on an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area by—

(a) section 108(1)(b), (2ZA) and (3B), and

(b) section 109(4),

are also duties of each of the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area, subject to the modifications set out in subsection (2A).

(2A) The modifications are—

(a) in section 108(1)(b), the reference to “those policies” is a reference to the policies developed by the Integrated Transport Authority for that area;

(b) in section 108(3B), the reference to “their plan” is a reference to the local transport plan of the Integrated Transport Authority for that area;

(c) in section 109(4), the reference to “their local transport plan” is a reference to the local transport plan of the Integrated Transport Authority for that area.”.

(4) Omit subsection (3).

(5) In section 162 of that Act (interpretation for the purposes of Part 2) omit subsection (6).

(6) In section 198(2) of that Act (interpretation of certain references to authority’s local transport plan)—

(a) for “local transport plan” (in the first place) substitute “local transport policies”;

(b) for “the local transport plan made jointly by” substitute “the local transport policies of”;

(c) omit the words from “and the councils” to the end.