34.—(1) The Transport Act 1985 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 6(1B)(1) for “local education authority” in each place where those words occur substitute “local authority”.
(3) In section 88—
(a)for subsection (2)(b) substitute—
“(b)of all—
(i)local authorities in England and Wales, or,
(ii)education authorities in Scotland or local authorities exercising social work functions in Scotland,
in relation to any expenditure on transport for the purposes of or in connection with the exercise and performance of any of the functions set out in subsection (2A);”;
(b)after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) The functions referred to in subsection (2)(b) are—
(a)in relation to local authorities in England and Wales, their education functions (as defined in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996) and their social services functions;
(b)in relation to Scotland, their functions as education authorities and their social work functions.”;
(c)in subsection (3) for the words from the beginning to the end of paragraph (a) (but not the “and” immediately after it) substitute—
“(3) In subsection (2)(b) “local authority” means—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, a county council, a metropolitan district council, a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council, a county borough council, a London borough council, and the Common Council of the City of London (in their capacity as a local authority);”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 34 in force at 5.5.2010, see art. 1
Section 6(1B) was inserted by paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 10 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006.