The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025

Funding, including levy funding

24.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the constituent councils must ensure that the costs of the Combined County Authority reasonably attributable to the exercise of its functions are met.

(2) Any amount payable by each of the constituent councils is to be determined by apportioning the costs of the Combined County Authority referred to in paragraph (1) between the constituent councils in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of such agreement, in the following shares between the constituent councils—

• Lancashire - 2/3;

• Blackpool - 1/6;

• Blackburn with Darwen - 1/6.

(3) The costs of the Combined County Authority reasonably attributable to the exercise of its functions relating to transport may be met by means of a levy issued by the Combined County Authority to the constituent councils under section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) and in accordance with Regulations made thereunder(2).

(1)

1988 c. 41. Section 74 was amended by Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 105 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Schedule 1 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), Schedule 6 to, and Part 4 of Schedule 7 to, the 2009 Act, Part 3 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), Schedule 7 to the 2011 Act, section 9 of and Schedule 5 to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), Schedule 4 to the 2023 Act and by S.I. 1994/2825.

(2)

S.I. 1992/2789.