16.—(1) The following functions are exercisable by the Combined County Authority in relation to the Area—
(a)the functions of the constituent councils specified in section 6 of the 1980 Act (powers to enter into agreements with the Minister or strategic highways companies relating to the exercise of functions with respect to trunk roads etc)(1);
(b)the functions of the constituent councils as local highway authorities specified in section 8 of the 1980 Act (power to enter into agreements with local highway authorities and strategic highways companies for the doing of certain works)(2).
(2) The functions mentioned in paragraph (1) are exercisable concurrently with the constituent councils.
(3) Any exercise of the functions conferred by paragraph (1) requires the consent of each constituent council in whose area it is proposed that the functions are to be exercised.
Section 6 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), by paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), and by S.I. 1995/1986.
Section 8 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1985, by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, and by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015.