Commentary Part 5: Integrated Transport Authorities etc. Section 78: Power to establish a new ITA
212.This section provides that, subject to certain conditions, the Secretary of State can make orders establishing new integrated transport areas in England and creating ITAs for those areas. Subsections (2) and (3) provide that the Secretary of State can make an order to establish an ITA only where a scheme has been published under the provisions of section 80 and 81 or a direction under section 81 to prepare and publish a scheme has not been complied with.