Commentary Part 5: Integrated Transport Authorities etc. Section 84: Constitutional arrangements
222.This section allows the Secretary of State to make an order about the constitutional arrangements of an individual ITA.
223.Subsection (2) defines what is meant by “constitutional arrangements”. An order could, for instance, cover the membership of that ITA, executive arrangements within an ITA or the functions of any “executive body” of the ITA. (Under the existing legislation, each PTA has a Passenger Transport Executive, which is the executive body responsible for implementing the policies of the PTA.)
224.Subsection (3) defines what is meant by “executive arrangements” within the ITA, for instance the establishment of an executive and the arrangements by which that executive can exercise the powers of the ITA. These provisions mirror the provision made for local authorities by Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000.
225.Subsection (5) provides that an order cannot provide that anyone other than the ITA has responsibility for agreeing its budget, so this function could not be delegated to an executive of the ITA.