The constituent councils must meet any reasonably incurred costs of the Combined Authority, other than the costs mentioned in paragraph (4), to the extent that the Combined Authority has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to the Combined Authority.

Any amount payable by each of the constituent councils to ensure that the costs of the Combined Authority referred to in paragraph (1) are met is to be determined by apportioning such costs between the constituent councils in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of such agreement, in proportion to the total resident population of the Area which resides in that council at the relevant date as estimated by the Statistics Board16.

The functions mentioned in articles 8(1), (4) and 9 may be funded out of the levy issued by the Combined Authority to the constituent councils under section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (levies)17 and in accordance with the Transport Levying Bodies Regulations 199218.

Subject to paragraph (5), the constituent councils must meet the costs of the expenditure reasonably incurred in, or in connection with, the exercise of the functions specified in articles 7, 10, 12(1)(a) to (e), 13 and 23, to the extent that the Mayor has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to the Combined Authority.

Section 39(1)(ab) of the Local Government Finance Act 199219 (precepting and precepting authorities) has effect in relation to the Combined Authority as if after “2009” there were inserted “other than the West of England Combined Authority”.

For the purposes of paragraph (2) the relevant date in relation to a payment for a financial year is 30th June in the financial year which commenced two years prior to the financial year in which such payment is made.