1 Interpretation.

In this Act the following terms shall have the following meanings, that is to say—

F1“constituent council” means—

(a)

in relation to a mayoral combined authority—

  1. (i)

    a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the authority, or

  2. (ii)

    a district council whose area is within the area of the authority;

(b)

in relation to a mayoral CCA—

  1. (i)

    a county council for an area within the area of the authority, or

  2. (ii)

    a unitary district council for an area within the area of the authority;

and here “unitary district council” means the council for a district for which there is no county council;

“key route network road” means a highway or proposed highway designated for the time being as a key route network road—

(a)

by a mayoral combined authority under section 107ZA of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, or

(b)

by a mayoral CCA under section 24 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

F2““local implementation plan”, in relation to a London council, means the plan prepared by the council under section 145 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;”;

“local road traffic” means traffic consisting of mechanically propelled vehicles on roads for which the Secretary of State is not the traffic authority;

F2““London council” means a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London;”;

F3“mayoral CCA” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 — see section 57 of that Act);

“mayoral combined authority” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 — see section 120 of that Act;

F2““the Mayor of London’s transport strategy” means the transport strategy prepared and published under section 142 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;”.

“principal council” means any council which is a local traffic authority;

“traffic authority” and “local traffic authority” have the meaning given by section 121A of the M1Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.