# The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018, Paragraph 3: Proceedings of joint transport committee


(1) Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, any questions that are to be decided by the joint transport committee are to be decided by a majority of the members and substitute committee members, acting in place of members, present and voting on that question at a meeting of the joint transport committee.
(2) No business may be transacted at a meeting of the joint transport committee unless at least two members or substitute committee members appointed by the Combined Authority and two members or substitute committee members appointed by the Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority are present.
(3) Each member or substitute committee member acting in that member’s place, is to have one vote and no member or substitute committee member is to have a casting vote.
(4) If a vote is tied on any matter it will be deemed not to have been carried.
(5) Questions relating to the following matters require a unanimous vote in favour by all members, or substitute committee members acting in place of those members, to be carried—
(a) the adoption of any transport plan under section 108(3) of the Transport Act 2000 and the alteration or replacement of that plan under section 109(1) and (2) of that Act;
(b) approval of, or any amendment to, or withdrawal of, spending plans related to the functions conferred on the joint transport committee under article 9(1);
(c) setting of any transport levy under section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and in accordance with regulations made thereunder;
(d) allocation of local transport plan funding to the individual constituent councils and the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive; and
(e) the delegation of functions referred to in article 9(2).
(6) For the purpose of this article, “constituent council” means the councils for the local government areas of Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111172360/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-newcastle-upon-tyne-north-tyneside-and-northumberland-combined-authority-establishment-and-functions-order-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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