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.