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 3Housing, regeneration and planning

Conferral of functions corresponding to functions that the HCA has in relation to the Area5.

(1)

The functions of or relating to the Homes and Communities Agency (referred to for the purposes of this Part and Schedule 2 as “the HCA”) which are specified in the following provisions of the 2008 Act, as applied by regulation 8(3), are to be functions of or relating to the Combined County Authority that are exercisable in relation to the Area—

(a)

section 5 (powers to provide housing or other land);

(b)

section 6 (powers for regeneration, development or effective use of land);

(c)

section 7 (powers in relation to infrastructure);

(d)

section 8 (powers to deal with land etc);

(e)

section 9 (acquisition of land);

(f)

section 10 (restrictions on disposal of land);

(g)

section 19 (financial assistance);

(h)

paragraphs 19 and 20 of Schedule 3 (powers in relation to burial grounds and consecrated land etc.);

(i)

paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 (extinguishment or removal powers for the HCA), 10 (counter-notices) and 20 (notification of proposal to make order) of Schedule 4.

(2)

The Combined County Authority must exercise the functions set out in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) for the purposes of, or for purposes incidental to, the objectives of—

(a)

improving the supply and quality of housing in the Area;

(b)

securing the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure in the Area;

(c)

supporting in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities in the Area or their continued well-being;

(d)

contributing to the achievement of sustainable development and good design in the Area,

with a view to meeting the needs of people living in the Area.

(3)

The functions described in the provisions specified in paragraph (1) are exercisable concurrently with the HCA.

(4)

In paragraph (2) “good design” and “needs” have the meanings given by section 2(2) of the 2008 Act and the reference to improving the supply of housing includes a reference to improving the supply of particular kinds of housing.