Regulation 15 Amendment of the Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025

(1)

The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 1 (general), in regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

omit the following definitions—

(i)

“the 1985 Act”;

(ii)

“the 1989 Act”;

(iii)

“the 1990 Act”;

(iv)

“the 2003 Act”;

(v)

“the 2008 Act”;

(vi)

“the 2011 Act”;

(vii)

“the HCA”;

(viii)

“the transition period”;

(b)

in the definition of “highway authority” and “local highway authority”—

(i)

omit ““highway authority” and”;

(ii)

for “have” substitute “has”;

(iii)

for “sections 1 to 3 and” substitute “section”.

(3)

Omit Part 3 (housing, regeneration and planning).

(4)

In Part 4 (transport), omit—

(a)

paragraphs (1) to (3) of regulation 9 (local transport functions under the Transport Act 1985);

(b)

regulation 10 (local transport functions under the Transport Act 2000);

(c)

regulation 11 (agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies);

(d)

regulation 12 (civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions);

(e)

regulation 15 (power to pay grant).

(5)

In Part 5 (additional functions), omit—

(a)

regulation 17 (assessment of economic conditions);

(b)

regulation 18 (general power of competence in relation to economic development and regeneration);

(c)

regulation 19 (data sharing);

(d)

sub-paragraphs (b) to (e) of regulation 20 (incidental provisions);

(e)

regulations 21 and 22 (incidental provisions).

(6)

In Part 6 (funding), in regulation 24 (funding, including levy funding)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), omit “Subject to paragraph (3),”;

(b)

omit paragraph (3).

(7)

In Schedule 1 (constitution), in paragraph 4 (proceedings)—

(a)

omit sub-paragraphs (1), (4) and (5);

(b)

in sub-paragraph (6), omit paragraph (e);

(c)

after sub-paragraph (6) insert—

“(6A)

Where—

(a)

section 24E of the 2023 Act (non-mayoral CCA: functions imposing financial liability) applies to the Combined County Authority, and

(b)

Lancashire County Council is a relevant constituent council,

the requirement in section 24E(2) of the 2023 Act is only satisfied in respect of Lancashire County Council if consent is given by the member designated as the lead member in accordance with paragraph 1(2), or a substitute member acting in place of that member.”;

(d)

omit sub-paragraphs (7) and (8);

(e)

in sub-paragraph (9), for “the majority under sub-paragraph (1)” substitute “the simple majority for the purposes of section 13A(2) of the 2023 Act”;

(f)

omit sub-paragraph (10).

(8)

Omit Schedule 2 (modification of the application of Part 1 of, and Schedules 2 to 4 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2025/118, amended by S.I. 2026/346.