
PART 1
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Combined Authorities (Borrowing) and East Midlands Combined County Authority (Borrowing and Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
PART 2
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All functions of the following authorities other than their transport functions are specified for the purposes of section 23(5) of the Local Government Act 2003 (power to borrow money for a purpose relevant to a function specified in regulations)—
(a) the North East Mayoral Combined Authority;
(b) the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.
PART 3
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All functions of the East Midlands Combined County Authority are specified for the purposes of section 23(8A) of the Local Government Act 2003 (power to borrow money for a purpose relevant to a function specified in regulations).
PART 4
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(1) The functions of the councils for the local government areas of Derby City, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire under section 1 of the Localism Act 2011, to the extent that those functions are exercisable for the purpose of economic development and regeneration, are exercisable by the East Midlands Combined County Authority in relation to the area of that County Combined Authority.
(2) The functions referred to in paragraph (1) are exercisable concurrently with the councils for the local government areas of Derby City, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
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The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 10(3) (application of certain provisions of the 1985 Act, the 1990 Act and the 2008 Act) for “regulation 8(1)(o) and (p)” substitute “regulation 8(1)(a) to (e)”;
(b) in regulation 26 (functions exercisable only by the Mayor), after paragraph (9) insert—“
(9A) The Mayor may arrange for the general functions mentioned in paragraph (1) to be exercised by a committee of the Combined County Authority, consisting of members appointed by the Mayor (whether or not members of the Combined County Authority).”;
(c) in regulation 35(b) (incidental provisions), in subsection (4A) at the end insert “or is a non-constituent member subject to a resolution under section 11(4) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023”;
(d) in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (proceedings)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “the following sub-paragraphs” substitute “sub-paragraphs (6A) and (7)”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (6) insert—“
(6A) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to—
(a) a matter to which regulation 15(3) applies (local transport functions under the Transport Act 2000); and
(b) decisions made under article 8 of the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017.”; and
(iii) in sub-paragraph (7)(a) after “approval or amendment of a budget” insert “(excluding decisions made under article 8 of the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government
Jim McMahon
Minister of State
Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government
27th January 2025