## Local Transport (Joint Board Amendment) Bill 2015

A bill to amend the Local Transport Act 2014 to allow transport boards to run services in collaboration with each other.

BE IT ENACTED by The Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, and by the authority of; the same, as follows:—

**Section I - Amendment to the Local Transport Act 2014**

(1) The Local Transport Act 2014 is amended as follows.

(2) After Section 2 (regional transport boards), the following section is inserted —
> “Section III - Area Transport Organisations

> (1) Area Transport Organisations ('ATO') are the partnership between two or more transport boards to run services that are of interest to member boards.

> (2) ATOs are not separate administrative entities but a partnership between member boards, with administration and committee representation divided between members.

> (3) The creation of a ATO must be approved by the Secretary of State for the Department of Transport. The Secretary must approve the division of representation as established in subsection (2) of section 3 before any ATO may be formed.

> (4) The role of an ATO is to run services in and between the member boards areas of responsibility.

> (5) ATOs may run services with the same powers of a passenger transport board.

> (6) An ATO may not run services as part of the national railway network."

(3) In Section 5 (funding) subsection (1) will now read —
> (1) PTBs, RTBs and ATOs will be funded by a mixture of money from local councils and direct funds from the Department for Transport (DfT).

**Section II - Extent, commencement and short title**

(1) Commencement

This act will come into commencement immediately from enactment.

(2) Extent

This act extends to the whole United Kingdom.

(3) Short Title

This act may be cited as the Local Transport (Joint Board Amendment) Bill 2015