Part 5Integrated Transport Authorities etc
Chapter 1Introductory
I1I277Change of name of passenger transport areas and PTAs
1
The passenger transport areas established under section 9(1)(a)(i) of the TA 1968 are to be known as integrated transport areas.
2
The metropolitan county passenger transport authorities established under section 28(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) are to be known as Integrated Transport Authorities.
3
In consequence of subsection (1), any reference in any enactment (whenever passed or made) to a passenger transport area in England and Wales is to be read as a reference to an integrated transport area.
4
In consequence of subsection (2), any reference in any enactment (whenever passed or made) to—
a
a metropolitan county passenger transport authority, or
b
a Passenger Transport Authority for an area in England and Wales,
is to be read as a reference to an Integrated Transport Authority.
5
Schedule 4 makes amendments consequential on subsections (1) and (2).
Those amendments do not affect the generality of subsections (3) and (4).
6
In this Part—
a
“ITA” means an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England,
b
any reference to an ITA is a reference to an ITA for the purposes of Part 2 of the TA 1968,
c
any reference to an integrated transport area is a reference to an integrated transport area in England for the purposes of that Part of that Act.
7
Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to an ITA includes a reference to—
a
an ITA established under section 28 of the Local Government Act 1985, and
b
an ITA established under this Part.
8
Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in any enactment (whenever passed or made) to an Integrated Transport Authority for a passenger transport area in England includes a reference to an ITA established under this Part.
9
Accordingly, any reference in an enactment (whenever passed or made) which—
a
is to a joint authority established under Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, and
b
includes a reference to an Integrated Transport Authority established under section 28 of that Act,
includes a reference to an ITA established under this Part.
10
Until subsections (1) and (2) of this section come into force, in any enactment (whenever passed or made)—
a
any reference to an integrated transport area is to be read as a reference to a passenger transport area;
b
any reference to an Integrated Transport Authority (or an ITA) is to be read as a reference to a Passenger Transport Authority (or a PTA).
11
In this section “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)).