(1)The Scottish Ministers may, by order, provide for any function of a Transport Partnership to be carried out by the person who originally carried it out—
(a)instead of the Transport Partnership; or
(b)concurrently with the Transport Partnership.
(2)In so providing, the Scottish Ministers shall have regard to the Transport Partnership’s transport strategy.
(3)Subsections (6) to (9) of section 10 above apply to an order under this section as they apply to one made under that section.
(4)In subsection (1) above, the reference to the person who originally carried out a function is a reference to the person who carried out the function immediately before the coming into effect of—
(a)the order under section 10 above which transferred it to the Transport Partnership; or
(b)if there have been two or more orders under that section transferring that function, the first of those orders.