SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Provision of passenger rail services

9Minor correcting amendments

1

The Transport Act 1968 is amended as follows.

2

In section 9(1)(c)—

a

in sub-paragraph (i), for “sub-paragraph (ia)” substitute “sub-paragraphs (ia) to (ie)”;

b

after sub-paragraph (ia) insert—

ib

in relation to the area of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive;

ic

in relation to the area of the Greater Merseyside Combined Authority, the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive;

id

in relation to the area of the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority, the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive;

ie

in relation to the area of the Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive;

3

In section 16(2A)—

a

for “subsection (2)” substitute “subsection (1)”;

b

omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);

c

after paragraph (c) insert

; and

d

the words from “including in particular” to the end of the subsection were omitted.

4

In Schedule 5—

a

in Part 2, in paragraph 2, after “as the case may be,”, in both places where it occurs, insert “the combined authority area or”;

b

in Part 3, in paragraph 11(a), after “integrated transport area” insert “, a combined authority area”.