Paragraph (3B) of section 175 of the 1972 Act M1 (allowances for attending conferences and meetings) applies as if the Authority were a combined body all the members of which are representatives of local authorities.

For the purposes of subsection (1) of section 177 of the 1972 Act M2 (provisions supplementary to sections 173 to 176 of that Act), the Authority is to be treated as a body specified in section 21(1) of the 1989 Act.