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Article 9 Highways functions

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(1)

The functions of the constituent councils under the following provisions of the 1980 Act are exercisable by the GMCA in relation to the Area—

(a)

section 6f1(powers to enter into agreements with the Minister or strategic highways companies relating to the exercise of functions with respect to trunk roads etc); and

(b)

section 8f2(power to enter into agreements with local highway authorities and strategic highways companies for the doing of certain works).

(2)

The functions are exercisable concurrently with the constituent councils.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), section 8(3) of the 1980 Act has effect as if the words “another highway authority” and “that other highway authority” were replaced with “the GMCA”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Section 6 was amended by section 8 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51), section 22 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 1 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1to, the Infrastructure Act 2015, and S.I. 1995/1986.

f2

Section 8 was amended by section 22 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, section 8 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act 1985, and section 1 of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1to, the Infrastructure Act 2015.