11. The following provisions shall have effect as if the GMCA were a local authority for the purposes of these provisions—
(a)section 142(2) of the Local Government Act 1972(1) (the power to arrange for publication of information etc. relating to the functions of the authority); and
(b)section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 (the power to instigate and defend legal proceedings).
1972 c.70.Section 142(2) was amended by the Local Government Act 1986 (c.10), section 3(1).