150(1)Section 23 (meaning of “local authority” for the purposes of Part 1) is amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (8) insert—
“(8A)This Part applies in relation to a combined county authority (a “CCA”) established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 as it applies in relation to a local authority, except that section 1 confers power on a CCA to borrow money in relation only to functions of the CCA that are specified for the purposes of this subsection in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(8B)A function of a CCA may be specified in regulations under subsection (8A) only with the consent of—
(a)each county council for an area within the CCA’s area or proposed area,
(b)each unitary district council for an area within the CCA’s area or proposed area, and
(c)in the case of regulations in relation to an existing CCA, the CCA.
In this subsection “unitary district council” means a district council whose area does not form part of the area of a county council.
(8C)The reference in subsection (8A) to functions of the authority includes, in the case of a mayoral CCA, mayoral functions.
(8D)In subsection (8C)—
“mayoral CCA” has the meaning given by section 27(8) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
“mayoral functions” has the meaning given by section 41(8) of that Act.”
(3)In subsection (10), after “(5)” insert “or (8A)”.