# The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014, Article 11: Other transport functions


(1) There are delegated to the Combined Authority the functions of the constituent councils under section 2 of the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 (duty of principal councils to make reports).
(2) Sections 237A to 237E of the Local Government Act 1972 (fixed penalty notices) shall apply in relation to the Combined Authority so far as those provisions relate to the Mersey Tunnel Byelaws 2003.
(3) The Combined Authority has power to enter into agreements as if it were a highway authority under section 8 of the Highways Act 1980 and also a traffic authority under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and a street authority under section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
(4) The costs incurred by the Combined Authority in discharging the functions exercisable by it by virtue of this article shall, except so far as the constituent councils agree otherwise, be defrayed by the Combined Authority.
(5) The costs so defrayed shall, for the purposes of section 74(10) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, fall to be treated as expenses attributable to the exercise of the Combined Authority’s functions relating to transport.
(6) The functions delegated by paragraph (1) are not exercisable by the constituent councils either concurrently or instead of the Combined Authority, except so far as the Combined Authority sub-delegates any such functions back to a constituent council.
(7) In the application of section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (arrangements for the discharge of functions) to the Combined Authority the functions delegated to the Combined Authority by paragraph (1) are to be treated as if they were functions of the Combined Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111111345/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-halton-knowsley-liverpool-st-helens-sefton-and-wirral-combined-authority-order-2014/article-11
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.