# The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023, Article 18: Transport functions related to traffic signs and pedestrian crossings


(1) The functions of the constituent councils as local traffic authorities specified in the following provisions of the 1984 Act are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the Area—
(a) section 23 (pedestrian crossings); and
(b) section 65 (placing of traffic signs).
(2) The functions specified in paragraph (1) are exercisable by the Combined Authority concurrently with the constituent councils.
(3) In consequence of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1), the Combined Authority, in the discharge of the functions conferred on it by those provisions—
(a) is to be treated as a highway authority for the purposes of sections 62 and 278 of the 1980 Act; and
(b) is to be treated as a local traffic authority for the roads in relation to which the functions are exercised.
(4) In this article, “local traffic authority” has the meaning given by section 121A of the 1984 Act.
(5) Any exercise of the functions conferred by paragraph (1) requires the consent of each constituent council in whose area it is proposed that the functions are to be exercised.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348253252/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-york-and-north-yorkshire-combined-authority-order-2023/article-18
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