Legislation – The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025

The following provisions of the Local Government Act 197267 have effect as if the Combined Authority were a local authority for the purposes of those provisions—

(a)

section 113 (the power to place staff at the disposal of other local authorities)68;

(b)

section 142(2) (the power to arrange for publication of information etc relating to the functions of the Combined Authority)69;

(c)

section 144 (the power to encourage visitors and provide conference and other facilities)70;

(d)

section 145 (the power to provide and support cultural activities and entertainments)71;

(e)

section 222 (power to prosecute and defend legal proceedings)72.

(2)

The Combined Authority has the power to exercise any of the functions described in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of section 88 (research and collection of information) of the Local Government Act 198573 whether or not a scheme is made under that section.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2), paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 88(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 have effect as if a reference to “that area” were a reference to the Area.

(4)

Section 13 of the 1989 Act (voting rights of members of certain committees)74 has effect as if—

(a)

in subsection (4) after paragraph (h) there were inserted—

“(i)

subject to subsection (4A), a committee appointed by the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority.”;

(b)

after subsection (4) there were inserted—

“(4A)

A person who is a member of a committee falling within paragraph (i) of subsection (4) or a sub-committee appointed by such a committee shall for all purposes be treated as a non-voting member of that committee or sub-committee unless that person is—

(a)

a member of one of the constituent councils;

(b)

a non-constituent member of the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority and that Authority has passed a resolution to the effect that such members are to have voting rights.”.

(5)

In Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 201375, in the table insert at the end—

“An employee of the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority established by the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025

East Riding of Yorkshire Council”.

(6)

The functions of the constituent councils under section 1 of the 2011 Act, to the extent that those functions are exercisable for the purpose of economic development and regeneration, are exercisable by the Combined Authority in relation to the Area.

(7)

The functions referred to in paragraph (6) are exercisable concurrently with the constituent councils.

(8)

Any requirement in any enactment for a constituent council to exercise a function referred to in paragraph (6) may be fulfilled by the exercise of that function by the Combined Authority.