# Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997, Section 1: Interpretation.

Extent: E+W+S

In this Act the following terms shall have the following meanings, that is to say—
“constituent council” means—
(a)in relation to a mayoral combined authority—
(i)a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the authority, or
(ii)a district council whose area is within the area of the authority;
(b)in relation to a mayoral CCA—
(i)a county council for an area within the area of the authority, or
(ii)a unitary district council for an area within the area of the authority;
and here “unitary district council” means the council for a district for which there is no county council;
“key route network road” means a highway or proposed highway designated for the time being as a key route network road—
(a)by a mayoral combined authority under section 107ZA of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, or
(b)by a mayoral CCA under section 24 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
““local implementation plan”, in relation to a London council, means the plan prepared by the council under section 145 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;”;
“local road traffic” means traffic consisting of mechanically propelled vehicles on roads for which the Secretary of State is not the traffic authority;
““London council” means a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London;”;
“mayoral CCA” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 — see section 57 of that Act);
“mayoral combined authority” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 — see section 120 of that Act;
““the Mayor of London’s transport strategy” means the transport strategy prepared and published under section 142 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;”.
“principal council” means any council which is a local traffic authority;
“traffic authority” and “local traffic authority” have the meaning given by section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/54/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-reduction-act-1997/section-1
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