Regulation 28 FundingI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to F1paragraph (2), the constituent councils must ensure that the costs of the Combined County Authority reasonably attributable to the exercise of its functions are met.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (4), the constituent councils must meet the costs of the expenditure reasonably incurred by the Mayor in, or in connection with, the exercise of F2any mayoral function, to the extent that the Mayor has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to the Combined County Authority.

(3)

Any amount payable by each of the constituent councils in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) is to be determined by apportioning such costs between the constituent councils in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of such agreement, in equal proportions.

(4)

In relation to the expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2)—

(a)

to the extent to which such expenditure is met by amounts payable under arrangements made under paragraph (3)—

(i)

the Mayor must agree with the Combined County Authority the total expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2) in advance of incurring this expenditure, and

(ii)

in the absence of the agreement specified in paragraph (i), no such expenditure may be incurred;

(b)

any precept issued in relation to such expenditure under section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992^f1 is to be disregarded from any calculation of the costs of the expenditure.

F3(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 28(1) substituted (4.6.2026) by The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/519), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 28(2) substituted (4.6.2026) by The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/519), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(b)
F3: Reg. 28(5) omitted (4.6.2026) by virtue of The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/519), regs. 1(2), 5(7)(c)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 28 in force at 28.2.2024, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 14. Section 40 was amended by section 83 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, section 79 of and paragraph 7 of Schedule 17 to the Localism Act 2011 and section 5 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016.