Regulation 5 Amendment of the East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024

(1)

The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024^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 1990 Act”;

(iii)

“the 1999 Act”;

(iv)

“the 2003 Act”;

(v)

“the 2008 Act”;

(vi)

“the 2011 Act”;

(vii)

“Corporation”;

(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 4 (housing, regeneration and planning).

(4)

Omit Part 5 (mayoral development corporation).

(5)

In Part 6 (transport)—

(a)

in regulation 14 (local transport functions under the Transport Act 1985)—

(i)

omit paragraphs (1) to (3);

(ii)

in paragraph (4), omit “Subject to paragraph (5),”;

(iii)

omit paragraph (5);

(b)

omit—

(i)

paragraphs (1) to (5) of regulation 15 (local transport functions under the Transport Act 2000);

(ii)

regulation 16 (agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies);

(iii)

regulation 17 (civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions);

(iv)

regulation 21 (power to pay grant).

(6)

In Part 8 (mayoral functions)—

(a)

in regulation 26 (functions exercisable only by the Mayor)—

(i)

in paragraph (1)—

(aa)

omit sub-paragraph (a);

(bb)

in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “sections 108” to “supplementary) and” substitute “section”;

(cc)

omit sub-paragraphs (c), (d) and (f);

(ii)

omit paragraphs (2) to (9A);

(iii)

in paragraph (10), for “the general functions mentioned in paragraph (1)” substitute “any mayoral function”^f2;

(b)

omit regulation 27 (joint committees).

(7)

In Part 9 (funding), in regulation 28 (funding)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (2) and (5)” substitute “paragraph (2)”;

(b)

in paragraph (2), for “the functions referred to in regulation 26(1)” substitute “any mayoral function”;

(c)

omit paragraph (5).

(8)

In Part 10 (additional functions), omit—

(a)

regulation 31 (assessment of economic conditions);

(b)

regulation 32 (data sharing);

(c)

sub-paragraphs (b) to (e) of regulation 33 (incidental provisions);

(d)

regulations 34 and 35 (incidental provisions).

(9)

In Schedule 1 (constitution), in paragraph 3 (proceedings), omit sub-paragraph (1) and sub-paragraphs (4) to (8).

(10)

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

(11)

Omit Schedule 3 (modification of the application of Part 8 of the Localism Act 2011).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2024/232, amended by S.I. 2025/86, 2026/346.
f2: “Mayoral function” in relation to a combined county authority is defined in section 30(1C) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55). This section was inserted by section 18(1) of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23).