Article 15 Agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies
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)f1 are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the Area.
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 the doing of certain works)f2 are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the Area.
The functions referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are exercisable by the Combined Authority concurrently with the constituent councils.
In this article—
“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980f3;
“local highway authority” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the 1980 Act.
Annotations
Footnotes
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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.
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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.
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