SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Amendment of Section 9 of the Transport Act 1968

Article 7

1.

Section 9 of the Transport Act 196822 is amended as follows.

2.

In subsection (1)(a)—

(a)

in subparagraph (i) after “metropolitan counties” there is inserted “except Greater Manchester”;

(b)

the word “and” after subparagraph (i) is omitted; and

(c)

after subparagraph (i) there is inserted—

“(ia)

the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester shall be the area of a combined authority; and”

3.

In subsection (1)(b)—

(a)

the word “and” after subparagraph (i) is omitted; and

(b)

after subparagraph (i) there is inserted—

“(ia)

in relation to the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority; and”.

4.

In subsections (2) and (3) after “integrated transport area” there is in each case inserted “, the area of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority”.

5.

In subsection (5) after “integrated transport area” there is inserted “or the area of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority”.

6.

After subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A)

In this section “the Greater Manchester Combined Authority” means the body of that name constituted by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011.”