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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026-consequential-amendments-and-revocations-england-regulations-2026/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/519",
  "legislation_title": "The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026-consequential-amendments-and-revocations-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025",
  "text": "(1) The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 are amended as follows.\n(2) In Part 1 (general), in regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) omit the following definitions—\n(i) “the 1985 Act”;\n(ii) “the 1989 Act”;\n(iii) “the 1990 Act”;\n(iv) “the 2008 Act”;\n(v) “the HCA”;\n(vi) “the transition period”;\n(b) in the definition of “highway authority” and “local highway authority”—\n(i) omit ““highway authority” and”;\n(ii) for “have” substitute “has”;\n(iii) for “sections 1 to 3 and” substitute “section”.\n(3) Omit Part 3 (housing, regeneration and planning).\n(4) In Part 4 (transport), omit—\n(a) regulation 9 (local transport functions under the Transport Act 1985);\n(b) regulation 10 (local transport functions under the Transport Act 2000);\n(c) regulation 11 (agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies);\n(d) regulation 12 (civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions);\n(e) regulation 14 (power to pay grant).\n(5) In Part 5 (additional functions), omit—\n(a) regulation 15 (assessment of economic conditions);\n(b) regulation 16 (general power of competence in relation to economic development and regeneration);\n(c) regulation 17 (data sharing);\n(d) sub-paragraphs (b) to (e) of regulation 18 (incidental provisions);\n(e) regulations 19 and 20 (incidental provisions).\n(6) In Part 6 (funding), in regulation 22 (funding, including levy funding)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), omit “Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5),”;\n(b) omit paragraphs (4) and (5).\n(7) In Schedule 1 (constitution), in paragraph 4 (proceedings)—\n(a) omit sub-paragraphs (1), (4) and (5);\n(b) in sub-paragraph (6), omit paragraph (e);\n(c) after sub-paragraph (6) insert—\n“(6A) Where section 24E of the 2023 Act (non-mayoral CCA: functions imposing financial liability) applies to the Combined County Authority, the requirement in section 24E(2) is only satisfied if consent is given by the member of the relevant constituent council appointed under paragraph 1(2), or where any substitute member is acting in place of that member, that substitute member.”.\n(d) omit sub-paragraphs (7) and (8).\n(8) Omit Schedule 2 (modification of the application of Part 1 of, and of Schedules 2 to 4 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2025/115, amended by S.I. 2026/346."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Relevant constituent council” is defined in section 24E of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55). Section 24E was inserted by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/519/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:01:24.517977+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."
}