{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/73",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Further functions of Authority.",
  "text": "(1) The Executive for an integrated transport area , a combined authority area , a combined county authority area or a passenger transport area shall submit to the Authority and obtain the Authority’s approval of—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) such annual or other estimates of income or expenditure of the Executive and any subsidiaries of theirs as the Authority may require to be submitted to the Authority, and any major change proposed to be made in any of those estimates after their approval by the Authority;\n(c) any proposal for expenditure by the Executive or any subsidiary of theirs, or by any other person in pursuance of arrangements with the Executive, which involves a substantial outlay on capital account.\n(d) any agreement proposed to be entered into by the Executive ...;\n(2) The Executive shall obtain the approval of the Authority—\n(a) before making, or authorising or consenting to the making of, any alteration in the general level of charges for the transport services or facilities provided by the Executive or any subsidiary of theirs . . .; and\n(b) subject to section 104(2) of the Transport Act 1985 (travel concessions on services provided by Passenger Transport Executives), for any proposal of the Executive for reducing or waiving those charges in a particular case or cases of a particular class;\n. . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Any expenditure incurred by the Authority in performing their functions under this Part of this Act shall be defrayed by the Executive.\n(6) Notwithstanding anything in this Part of this Act, nothing done by the Executive for an integrated transport area , a combined authority area , a combined county authority area or a passenger transport area shall be held to be unlawful on the ground that the approval of the Authority for that area to the doing of that thing was required by or under this Part of this Act and that it was done without obtaining that approval; but if it appears to the Authority that the Executive propose to do anything, or have done anything, without the approval of the Authority which in the opinion of the Authority requires that approval, the Authority may, after consultation with the Executive, give to the Executive such directions as appear to the Authority to be appropriate to secure so far as practicable the observance of the rights of the Authority in relation to the doing of that thing, and those directions may include directions to discontinue any specified activity or dispose of any specified assets; and the Executive shall comply with any such directions notwithstanding that they may result in the Executive having to dispose of any assets at a loss or incurring liability to other persons.\n(7) Any approval or direction given by the Authority in pursuance of this Part of this Act shall be given in writing.\n(8) This section does not apply to—\n(a) the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, or\n(b) the West Midlands Combined Authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(1) inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 7; S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(1) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(1) inserted (E.W.) (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 14(2) (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words “passenger transport\" substituted (E.W.S.) for word “designated\" by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 57(6), Sch. 3 para. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 15(1)(a) repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 10(1)(a), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 15(1)(b)(c) beginning “such annual\" substituted (E.W.S.) for s. 15(b)(c) beginning “all annual\" by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 202(2), Sch. 24 para. 5 and Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), Sch. 18 para. 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(1)(d) repealed (E.W.S.) (24.7.2005 for E.W.) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with s. 14(4)(5), Sch. 11 para. 11(2)); S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 10(1)(b), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words commencing “104(2)\" substituted (E.W.S.) for words commencing “138(1)\" by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 10(2)(a), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 15(3) repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 10(1)(c), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 15(4) repealed (E.W.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 57(6), 139(3), Sch. 3 para. 10(2)(b), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(6) inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 7; S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(6) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Combined Authorities (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/866), art. 1, Sch. para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(6) inserted (E.W.) (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 14(3) (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "S. 15(8) substituted (E.W.) (17.6.2016) by The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/653), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 15(2) modified (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 104(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 15(2) excluded (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 66(5)S. 15(2) restricted (11.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2714, art. 44(5)S. 15(2) explained (14.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/412, art. 32(5) (with s. 38)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 15(2) restricted (3.8.2005) by The Greater Manchester (Leigh Busway) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1918), arts. 1, 45(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 15(2) excluded (11.1.2006) by The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3523), arts. 1, 47(5) (with art. 52)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 15(2) excluded (E.W.S.) (13.12.2006) by The Luton Dunstable Translink Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3118), arts. 1, 42(12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 15(2)(a) modified (E.W.) by Transport Act 1983 (c. 10, SIF 126), s. 6(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 15(2)(a) amended (E.W.) by Transport Act 1983 (c. 10, SIF 126), s. 6(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 15(2)(b) modified (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(1), Sch. 6 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 15(5) extended (E.W.) by Transport Act 1983 (c. 10, SIF 126), ss. 9(3), 10(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 15(5) amended (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 133(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; separate versions have been made for Scotland only and Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:29.968251+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}