Agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies
21.—(1) The functions of the constituent councils specified in section 6 of the 1980 Act (powers to enter into agreements with the Minister or strategic highways companies relating to the exercise of functions with respect to trunk roads etc)(1) are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the Combined Area.
(2) The functions of the constituent councils as local highway authorities specified in section 8 of the 1980 Act (power to enter into agreements with local highway authorities and strategic highways companies for doing of certain works)(2) are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the Combined Area.
(3) The functions referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are exercisable by the Combined Authority concurrently with the constituent councils.
(4) In this article—
(a)“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(3);
(b)“local highway authority” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the 1980 Act.
(5) The exercise of the functions referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) requires the consent of each Constituent Council Member whose constituent council’s area contains any part of the land in relation to which the function is to be exercised.
Section 6 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), by paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), and by S.I. 1995/1986.
Section 8 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1985, by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, and by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015.