The West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (Decrease in Number of Members) Order 2014

Made6th May 2014

Laid before Parliament12th May 2014

Coming into force4th June 2014

The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29(2) of the Local Government Act 19851.

In accordance with section 29(3) of that Act he has had regard to the number of local government electors in the areas of the constituent councils of the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority.

He has consulted those councils in accordance with section 29(4) of Act.

Citation and commencement that1

This Order may be cited as the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (Decrease in Number of Members) Order 2014 and comes into force on 4th June 2014.

Decrease in number of members of the Authority2

In Part 6 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government Act 1985 (number of members of the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority), for the number specified in the final column of the table in relation to each of the Authority’s constituent councils, in each case substitute “1”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Baroness KramerMinister of StateDepartment for Transport6th May 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order alters the membership of the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority. From 4th June 2014 the number of members to be appointed by the constituent councils is reduced to one per council.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.