The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018

Incidental provisions

20.—(1) The provisions set out in paragraph (2) have effect as if the Combined Authority were a local authority for the purposes of those provisions.

(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) section 113 of the Local Government Act 1972 (placing staff at the disposal of other local authorities)(1);

(b) section 142(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 (power to arrange for publication of information etc relating to the functions of the authority)(2); and

(c) section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 (power to prosecute and defend legal proceedings)(3).

(3) The Combined Authority has the power to exercise any of the functions described in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of section 88 of the Local Government Act 1985 (research and collection of information)(4) whether or not a scheme is made under that section.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) of this article, paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 88(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 has effect as if a reference to “that area” were a reference to the combined area.

(1)

Section 113 was amended by paragraph 151 of Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32); by section 66(1) of and paragraph 13 of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19); by paragraph 18 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43); by paragraph 51(a) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43); by paragraph 17 of Schedule 5, paragraph 3 of Schedule 7, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7); by S.I. 2000/90; by S.I. 2002/2469; and by S.I. 2007/961.

(2)

Section 142 was amended by section 3(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1986 (c. 10); there are other amendments which are not relevant to this instrument.

(3)

To which there are amendments not relevant to this instrument.

(4)

1985 c. 51. Section 88 was amended by section 396 of the 1999 Act.