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Part IIIU.K.

Matters which may be dealt with by order under s. 9(1)U.K.

[F11U.K.The fixing and notification of the [F2dates on which the Authority and Executive respectively are][F2date on which the Executive is] to be established.]F3

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 5 Pt. III para. 1 repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(a), Sch. 8

F2Words “date" to “is" substituted (S.) for words “dates" to “are" by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 18 para. 21(3)

2U.K.The incorporation of the Authority.

3U.K.The appointment—

[F4[F5(a)in accordance with Part I of this Schedule of members of the Authority; and]]

(b)by the Authority in accordance with [F6section 9(1)(b)][F6section 9(2)] of this Act and Part II of this Schedule of members of the Executive.

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F5Sch. 5 Pt. III para. 1 repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(a), Sch. 8

F6 “9(2)" substituted (E.W.S.). for “9(1)(b)" by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 57(6), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)

[F74U.K.The terms on which and period for which the members of the Authority are to hold office, and the vacation of office by those members.]

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F7Sch. 5 paras. 4, 5 repealed (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29 and repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(a), Sch. 8

[F85U.K.The payment of allowances to, or to any class of, members of the Authority, and the payment of remuneration to the chairman of the Authority.]

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F8Sch. 5 paras. 4, 5 repealed (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29 and repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(a), Sch. 8

6U.K.The proceedings of [F9the Authority and] the Executive [F9respectively].

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7U.K.The establishment by [F10the Authority and] the Executive [F10respectively] of committees and the composition of those committees, including the establishment of advisory committees consisting wholly or partly of persons who are not members of the Authority or Executive.

8U.K.The delegation of functions by [F11the Authority or] the Executive to a committee or to [F11the chairman of the Authority or, as the case may be,] the Director General of the Executive.

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9U.K.The authentication of documents of [F12the Authority and] the Executive [F12respectively] and provision for the treatment of such documents as evidence, and in Scotland sufficient evidence, of such facts as may be specified by the order.

[F1310U.K.The appointment by, or provision by the Executive for, the Authority of officers and servants, and the payment of remuneration and allowances to any officers and servants appointed by the Authority.]

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11U.K.Provision—

(a)for treating [F14the Authority or] any subsidiary of the Executive for the purposes of pensions to or in respect of persons who are or have been employed by them as if they were the Executive for [F15an integrated transport area ] [F16, a combined authority area] [F17, a combined county authority area] or a [F18designated][F18passenger transport] area;

(b)as to the fund in the benefits of which any persons who are or have been employed by [F14the Authority] the Executive or a subsidiary of the Executive are to be entitled to participate;

[F19(c)for the transfer to the authority administering that fund in relation to any such persons, instead of to the Executive, of any other fund in the benefits of which those persons are entitled to participate which would otherwise fall to be transferred to the Executive by an order under section 17 of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F15Words in Sch. 5 para. 11 inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 17(3); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1

F16Words in Sch. 5 para. 11(a) inserted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 1.10.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 8 para. 9(4)(b); S.I. 2015/994, art. 11(o)

F18Words “passenger transport" substituted (E.W.S.) for “designated" by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 57(6), Sch. 3 para. 2(b)

F19Sch. 5 para. 11(c) repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(a), Sch. 8

[F2012U.K.The provision of accommodation for the Authority by the Authority or by the Executive.]

Textual Amendments

13U.K.Provision applying, with or without modifications, to [F21the Authority or] the Executive, or to persons who are or have been members of [F21the Authority or] the Executive, or officers or servants of [F21the Authority], the Executive or any subsidiary of the Executive, any enactment or instrument made under an enactment relating, as the case may be, to, or to persons who are or have been members of, or officers or servants of, local authorities or local authorities of a particular description.

Textual Amendments

[F2214U.K.The making of reports and the furnishing of information by the Authority and Executive to the Minister.]

15U.K.Any particular matters to be dealt with in the annual report of the Authority and the Executive under section 16 of this Act.

[F2316U.K.Provision for the person or persons by whom a member of the Authority is appointed to appoint also a deputy to act in that member’s place at any meeting of the Authority from which that member is absent, and for applying in relation to any such deputy, with or without modifications, any provision with respect to members of the Authority made by this Act or by the order.]

Textual Amendments

F23Sch. 5 paras. 16, 17 repealed (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29 and repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(a), Sch. 8

17U.K.Provision, as respects any period before the Authority appoint or are provided with their own officers and servants, for the discharge of functions of officers or servants of the Authority (including the convening of the first meeting of the Authority) by such officers or servants of such of the councils of constituent areas as may be determined in accordance with the order.

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