Article 13 Housing and regeneration

(1)

The functions of the constituent councils described in the following provisions are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the combined area—

(a)

section 1 of the 2011 Act (local authority’s general power of competence) so far as those functions are exercisable for the purpose of economic development and regeneration;

(b)

section 8 of the 1985 Act^f1 (periodical review of housing needs);

(c)

section 11 of the 1985 Act^f2 (provision of board and laundry facilities);

(d)

section 12 of the 1985 Act (provision of shops, recreation grounds, etc)^f3;

(e)

section 17 of the 1985 Act^f4 (acquisition of land for housing purposes); and

(f)

section 18 of the 1985 Act (duties with respect to buildings acquired for housing purposes).

(2)

The exercise of the functions in paragraphs (1)(c) to (e) requires the consent of—

(a)

all members of the Combined Authority appointed by the constituent councils whose area contains any part of the land in relation to which the function is to be exercised; or

(b)

substitute members acting in place of those members,

to be provided at a meeting of the Combined Authority

(3)

The functions in paragraph (1) are exercisable by the Combined Authority concurrently with the constituent councils.

(4)

Any requirement in any enactment for a constituent council to exercise any of the functions described in paragraph (1) may be fulfilled by the exercise of that function by the Combined Authority.

(5)

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) apply to the Combined Authority as they apply to a constituent council.

(6)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) to (f) the Combined Authority is to be treated as a local housing authority for the combined area.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1985 c. 68. Section 8 was amended by paragraph 62 of Schedule 11 to the 1989 Act and section 124 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).
f2: Section 11 was amended by section 198 of and paragraph 103 of Schedule 6 to the Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17).
f3: Section 12 was amended by S.I. 2010/844.
f4: Section 17 was amended by section 222 of and paragraph 24 of Schedule 18 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52).