PART 10Additional functions and incidental provision

Incidental provisions48.

(1)

The provisions specified in paragraph (2) have effect in relation to the Combined Authority 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 1972 Act (placing staff at the disposal of other local authorities)99;

(b)

section 142(2) of the 1972 Act (power to arrange for publication information etc relating to the functions of the authority)100; and

(c)

section 222 of the 1972 Act (power to prosecute and defend legal proceedings)101.

(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)102 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 have effect as if a reference to “that area” were a reference to the Combined Area.

(5)

The functions of the constituent councils under section 1 of the 2011 Act, to the extent that those functions are exercisable for the purpose of economic development and regeneration, are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the Combined Area.