Legislation – The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025

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Introduction

PART 1
General

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

PART 2
Establishment of a combined county authority for Lancashire

3 Establishment

4 Constitution

PART 3
Housing, regeneration and planning

5 Conferral of functions corresponding to functions that the HCA has in relation to the Area

6 Acquisition and appropriation of land for planning and public purposes

7 Condition on the exercise of the functions conferred by regulations 5 and 6

8 Application of certain provisions of the 1985 Act, the 1990 Act and the 2008 Act

PART 4
Transport

9 Local transport functions under the Transport Act 1985

10 Local transport functions under the Transport Act 2000

11 Agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies

12 Civil enforcement of road traffic contraventions

13 Workplace parking levy

14 Permit schemes

15 Power to pay grant

16 Amendment of the Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018

PART 5
Additional functions

17 Assessment of economic conditions

18 General power of competence in relation to economic development and regeneration

19 Data sharing

20 Incidental provisions

21 (1) The Combined County Authority has the power to exercise…

22 Section 13 of the 1989 Act (voting rights of members…

23 In Part 2 of Schedule 3 (pension funds) to the…

PART 6
Funding

24 Funding, including levy funding

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Constitution

SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 3 Permit schemes: modification of the application of Part 3 of the Traffic Management Act 2004

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Explanatory note

PART 1General

Interpretation2.

In these Regulations—

the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 19802;
the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 19853;
the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 19894;
the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 19905;
the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 20006;
the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 20037;
the 2004 Act” means the Traffic Management Act 20048;
the 2008 Act” means the Housing and Regeneration Act 20089;
the 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 201110;
the 2023 Act” means the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 202311;

the Area” means the area consisting of the areas of the constituent councils;

Combined County Authority” means the Lancashire Combined County Authority as constituted by regulation 3;

constituent councils” means the councils for the local government areas12 of Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen;

district councils” means Burnley Borough Council, Chorley Borough Council, Fylde Borough Council, Hyndburn Borough Council, Lancaster City Council, Pendle Borough Council, Preston City Council, Ribble Valley Borough Council, Rossendale Borough Council, South Ribble Borough Council, West Lancashire Borough Council and Wyre Borough Council;

the HCA” has the meaning given in regulation 5(1);

highway authority” and “local highway authority” have the same meaning as in sections 1 to 3 and 329(1) of the 1980 Act13;

the transition period” means the period beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending with 31st March 2026.

12

The term “local government area” is defined in section 46(6) of the 2023 Act.

13

Section 1 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 21(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), paragraph 1(2) and (3) of Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 259(1) to (3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), and paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7). Section 2 was amended by section 21(3) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, section 259(4) and (5) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Infrastructure Act 2015. Section 3 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Infrastructure Act 2015. Section 329(1) was amended by paragraph 60(2) of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015. There are other amendments to section 329 that are not relevant to these Regulations.