{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-cumbria-combined-authority-order-2026/article-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348277906",
  "legislation_title": "The Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-cumbria-combined-authority-order-2026",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Power to pay grant",
  "text": "(1) The functions of a Minister of the Crown specified in section 31 of the 2003 Act (power to pay grant) that are exercisable in relation to the Area are functions of the Combined Authority.\n(2) The functions are exercisable by the Combined Authority concurrently with a Minister of the Crown.\n(3) Paragraph (4) applies where, further to the exercise of any function referred to in paragraph (1), the Combined Authority determines an amount of grant to be paid towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred by a constituent council in relation to the exercise of that council’s highway functions.\n(4) In determining the amount referred to in paragraph (3), the Combined Authority must have regard to the desirability of ensuring that the constituent council has sufficient funds to facilitate the effective discharge of the functions referred to in paragraph (3).\n(5) To comply with paragraph (4), the Combined Authority must take into account any other sources of funding available to the constituent council for expenditure incurred or to be incurred in relation to the exercise of its highway functions.\n(6) For the purposes of the exercise by the Combined Authority of the functions specified in paragraph (1), section 31 of the 2003 Act has effect as if—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) the reference to a “Minister of the Crown” were a reference to the Combined Authority;\n(ii) the reference to a “local authority in England” were a reference to a constituent council;\n(b) subsection (2) were omitted; and\n(c) subsection (6) were omitted.\n(7) In this article, “highway functions” means functions exercisable by a constituent council (in whatever capacity) in relation to the highways for which it is the highway authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348277906/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:16.328759+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}