Paragraph 21 I1

in subsection (1), after “Scotland” insert “, or a combined authority or a combined county authority,”;

in subsection (2), after “such council” insert “or authority”;

in subsection (3), after “council” insert “or authority”;

after subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

The power under subsection (1) does not apply to a county or district council where—

(a)

the council is a constituent council of a combined authority or a combined county authority (and here “constituent council” has the meaning given by section 104(11) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 in relation to a combined authority and section 10(11) of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 in relation to a combined county authority), and

(b)

the combined authority or combined county authority has completed its first full financial year.”