{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-109A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-109A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "section/109A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "109A",
  "heading": "Approval of plans: Wales",
  "text": "(1) A local transport authority whose area is in Wales must submit their local transport plan to the National Assembly for Wales for its approval.\n(2) If the Assembly refuses to approve a plan submitted to it by a local transport authority under this section—\n(a) the Assembly must give the local transport authority a statement of the reasons for its refusal, and\n(b) the authority must prepare another local transport plan and submit the plan to the Assembly for its approval.\n(3) If the Assembly approves a local transport plan under this section, the plan has effect when the approval is given.\n(4) The Assembly may approve a local transport plan under this section if (but only if) it considers—\n(a) that the plan is consistent with the Wales Transport Strategy, and\n(b) that the policies contained in the plan are adequate for the implementation in the authority's area of the Strategy.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 109A-109C inserted (26.5.2006) by Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5), s. 12, Sch. para. 4; S.I. 2006/1403, art. 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 109A(5) repealed (25.5.2007) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 88"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 109A modified (28.2.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (Transport Functions) (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/188), regs. 1(2), 4(6)(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 2: transfer of functions (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 7 (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 9 (with art. 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (W.) (28.2.2022) by The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/343), regs. 1(3)(b), 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 2: functions made exercisable (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 13(1)(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/109A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:32.082416+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."
}