Legislation – The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025

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PART 6Funding

Funding, including levy funding22.

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the constituent councils must ensure that the costs of the Combined County Authority reasonably attributable to the exercise of its functions are met.

(2)

The amount payable by each of the constituent councils is to be determined by apportioning the costs of the Combined County Authority referred to in paragraph (1) between the constituent councils in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of such agreement, in proportion to the total resident population at the relevant date of the area of each council concerned as estimated by the Statistics Board.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2) the relevant date in relation to a payment for a financial year is 30th June in the financial year which commenced two years prior to the current financial year.

(4)

The costs of the Combined County Authority reasonably attributable to the exercise of its functions relating to transport may be met by means of a levy issued by the Combined County Authority to the constituent councils under section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 198844 and in accordance with Regulations made thereunder45.

(5)

The costs of the Combined County Authority incurred in the exercise of functions under regulation 19(1) of these Regulations must be met by the constituent councils in accordance with section 88(2) of the Local Government Act 1985, as if the reference to the requirements of a scheme in that subsection were a reference to a requirement under these Regulations to fund those functions.

(6)

For the purposes of this regulation “financial year” means the period of 12 months ending with 31st March in any year.