Paragraph 2 I1

in subsection (4)(cb), omit “established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023”;

after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)

A county council or a council of a non-metropolitan district is not a local transport authority where—

(a)

the council is a constituent council of a combined authority or a combined county authority (and here “constituent council” has the meaning given by section 104(11) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 in relation to a combined authority and section 10(11) of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 in relation to a combined county authority), and

(b)

the combined authority or combined county authority has completed its first full financial year.

(4B)

Where a local transport authority is a mayoral combined authority, the functions of the combined authority under this section are exercisable only by the mayor acting on behalf of the combined authority.

(4C)

Where a local transport authority is a mayoral CCA, the functions of the combined county authority under this section are exercisable only by the mayor acting on behalf of the combined county authority.”