Part IV Transport

Chapter VII Public-Private Partnership Agreements

Introductory

211 Public sector operators.

(1)

In this Chapter public sector operator means—

(a)

any Minister of the Crown, government department or other emanation of the Crown;

(b)

any local authority;

(c)

any F1Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England;

F2(ca)

any combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

F3(cb)

any combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

(d)

any body corporate whose members are appointed by a Minister of the Crown, a government department, a local authorityF4, an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England F5or a combined authority F5, combined authority or combined county authority or by a body corporate whose members are so appointed;

(e)

a company—

(i)

a majority of whose issued shares are held by or on behalf of any of the bodies or persons falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above;

(ii)

in which the majority of the voting rights are held by or on behalf of any of those bodies or persons;

(iii)

a majority of whose board of directors can be appointed or removed by any of those bodies or persons; or

(iv)

in which the majority of the voting rights are controlled by any of those bodies or persons, pursuant to an agreement with other persons;

(f)

a subsidiary of a company falling within paragraph (e) above.

F6(2)

Expressions used in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (1)(e) above that are defined for the purposes of the Companies Acts (see section 1174 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Companies Act 2006) have the same meaning in those sub-paragraphs.