# The Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026, Article 15: Incidental provisions


(1) The following provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 have effect in relation to the Combined Authority as if it were a local authority—
(a) section 142(2) (power to arrange for publication of information etc relating to the functions of the authority), and
(b) section 222 (power to prosecute and defend legal proceedings).
(2) Section 13 of the 1989 Act (voting rights of members of certain committees) has effect as if—
(a) in subsection (4) after paragraph (h) there were inserted—
“(i) subject to subsection (4A), a committee appointed by the Cumbria Combined Authority.”;
(b) after subsection (4) there were inserted—
“(4A) A person who is a member of a committee falling within paragraph (i) of subsection (4) or a sub-committee appointed by such a committee is for all purposes to be treated as a non-voting member of that committee or sub-committee unless that person is—
(a) a member of one of the constituent councils, as defined by article 2 of the Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026, or
(b) a non-constituent member of the Cumbria Combined Authority and that Authority has passed a resolution to the effect that such members are to have voting rights.”.
(3) In Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (pension funds), in the table insert at the end—
“
An employee of the Cumbria Combined Authority established by the Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2025
Westmorland and Furness Council
”.
(4) The functions of the constituent councils under section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 (local authority’s general power of competence), 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 Area.
(5) The functions referred to in paragraph (4) are exercisable concurrently with the constituent councils.
(6) Any requirement in any enactment for a constituent council to exercise a function referred to in paragraph (4) may be fulfilled by the exercise of that function by the Combined Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348277906/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-cumbria-combined-authority-order-2026/article-15
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