Transport for London Act 2016

1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Transport for London Act 2016 and, except for section 4 (power to give security for monies borrowed etc.) shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.

(2) Section 4 shall come into force on the appointed day.

2 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;

• “company” has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act;

• “Mayor” means the Mayor of London;

• “subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006; and

• “TfL” means Transport for London.

3 Appointed day

(1) In section 1(2) (citation and commencement) “the appointed day” means such day as may be fixed by a decision of TfL, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(2) No day fixed under this section may be before the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which this Act is passed.

(3) TfL shall cause to be published in a newspaper circulating in London and in the London Gazette notice—

(a) of the taking of any such decision and of the day fixed thereby; and

(b) of the general effect of section 4,

and the day so fixed shall not be earlier than the expiration of two months from the publication of the notice or, if it is published on two days, from the later of those days.

(4) Either a photostatic or other reproduction certified by the officer appointed for that purpose by TfL to be a reproduction of a page or part of a page of any such newspaper or the London Gazette bearing the date of its publication and containing any such notice shall be evidence of the publication of the notice and of the date of publication.

4 Power to give security for monies borrowed etc.

(1) Section 164(a) of the 1999 Act (control of subsidiaries) does not apply to the things specified in subsection (2) which are done with the consent of the Mayor by a TfL subsidiary, even though TfL itself has no power to do them because of section 13 of the Local Government Act 2003 (security for money borrowed).

(2) Those things are the charging by a TfL subsidiary of all or any of its property as security for money which it borrows or which it otherwise owes or the payment of which it guarantees, or in respect of which it gives an indemnity, including the creation of priority as between charges.

(3) Where the charge was created by a company before the time at which it becomes a TfL subsidiary, the charge shall continue to have effect according to its terms and subject to the consent of the Mayor, as security for money borrowed or otherwise owed by it or the payment of which it has guaranteed, or in respect of which it has given an indemnity, immediately before that time.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) the charge may continue to have effect as regards the company’s property, whether the property charged is acquired before, or after, the company becomes a TfL subsidiary.

(5) Where property is charged at any time pursuant to subsection (1) the charge shall not take priority over any other charge over that property which is in existence before that time, unless the person entitled to the benefit of that other charge consents.

(6) Except for the property identified in the Schedule to this Act, a TfL subsidiary may not charge any property for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (2) without the consent of the Secretary of State.

(7) In this section—

• “acquire”, in relation to revenue, includes generate;

• “charge” includes mortgage and includes a charge by way of a fixed or floating charge over all or any part of the TfL subsidiary’s property;

• “property” includes revenue and rights;

• “revenue” includes future revenue;

• “rights” includes rights to property; and

• “TfL subsidiary” means a subsidiary of TfL.

5 Specified activities

(1) In section 157(1) of the 1999 Act (power of the Secretary of State to specify activities which may not be carried out by TfL except through certain companies limited by shares) for the words from “a company which is limited” to the end substitute—

“(a) a limited liability partnership of which a subsidiary of Transport for London (but not Transport for London) is a member; or

(b) a company which is registered under the Companies Act 2006 and limited by shares or limited by guarantee and which is—

(i) a subsidiary of Transport for London; or

(ii) a company which Transport for London formed, or joined with others in forming, by virtue of section 156(1) above and which does not fall within sub-paragraph (i) above.”

(2) For article 3 of the Transport for London (Specified Activities) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1548) (prohibition against carrying on specified activities through companies) substitute—

“3 Prohibition against carrying on specified activities through a partnership or company

Transport for London shall not carry on any specified activity except through—

(a) a limited liability partnership of which a subsidiary of Transport for London (but not Transport for London) is a member, or

(b) a company which is registered under the Companies Act 2006 and limited by shares or limited by guarantee and which is—

(i) a subsidiary of Transport for London; or

(ii) a company which Transport for London formed, or joined with others in forming, by virtue of section 156(1) of the 1999 Act and which does not fall within sub-paragraph (i) of this paragraph.”

6 Arrangements for risk mitigation

(1) Section 49 of the Transport for London Act 2008 (power to make arrangements for risk mitigation) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3)—

(a) in paragraph (c), leave out “any index reflecting”;

(b) in paragraph (d), after “TfL body” insert “or by which a TfL body is affected or to which it is otherwise exposed under a relevant agreement” and, at the end of that paragraph, leave out “or”; and

(c) after paragraph (e), insert “or

(f) any index reflecting any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).”

(3) After subsection (9) insert—

“(9A) Subsection (9B) applies where a TfL body incurs an actual or prospective liability with respect to any pension scheme or arrangement.

(9B) The powers of subsection (2) may be exercised by a qualifying TfL subsidiary for the purpose of limiting the extent to which the TfL body will be affected by changes in any of the matters specified in subsection (3) notwithstanding that the exercise of the powers may also limit the extent to which a person other than a TfL body will be affected by those changes.”

(4) After subsection (10)(h) insert—

“(ha) “relevant agreement” means an agreement entered into by a TfL body under either section 156(2) or (3) of the 1999 Act or section 169 of the 1999 Act;”.

7 Minor amendment of the 1999 Act

In paragraph 14(1)(b) of Schedule 20 to the 1999 Act (transitional provisions) for “paragraph 7” substitute “paragraph 5”.