Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
SPTA and SPTE
Under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 all the legal powers, liabilities and functions of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPTA) and the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive (SPTE) transferred to the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport on 1 April 2006.
Although the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 did not abolish either the SPTA or the SPTE, on 1 June 2007 SPTE was abolished under "The Transfer of Functions, Property, Rights and Liabilities from Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive to the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority" Order 2007.
The Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (Constitution, Membership and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Amendment Order 2007 amended the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (Constitution, Membership and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Amendment Order 1995 to reduce the Authority's membership from 34 to 20 and the councillor number for each council to reflect the membership of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. It is expected that those members appointed to SPTA will correspond to those appointed to SPT.
SPTA responsibilities include:
- for constituent local authorities to continue to nominate members on the basis of the constitution of the SPTA, ie 20 members plus substitutes;
- to have an annual meeting;
- to appoint a Chair;
- to appoint a Secretary; and
- to appoint a Director General.
The Chair of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is also the Chair of the SPTA.
This is effectively an administrative arrangement until such time as the Scottish Parliament promotes an order to rationalise the situation and abolish the SPTA.