In this Part—

• “combined authority” means a body established as a combined authority under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

• “constituent authority”, in relation to an STB, has the meaning given by section 102F(4);

• F2“combined county authority” means a body established as a combined county authority under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

• “ITA” means an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England;

• “Passenger Transport Executive” means a body which is such an Executive for the purposes of Part 2 of the Transport Act 1968;

• “relevant authority” has the meaning given by section 102E(5);

• “STB” has the meaning given by section 102E(2);

• “transport functions” means any statutory functions relating to transport;

• “transport strategy” has the meaning given by section 102I(11);

• “unitary district council” means a district council whose area is not part of the area of a county council.