11Meaning of “powers of collaboration”
(1)For the purposes of this Part, a reference to a Welsh improvement authority’s “powers of collaboration” is a reference to the following—
(a)the Welsh improvement authority’s powers under section 9 of this Measure;
(b)in the case of a county council or county borough council—
(i)their powers under section 101(1)(b) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (arrangements for the discharge of functions by local authorities);
(ii)a power of the executive of the authority (or a committee or specified member of the executive) to make arrangements for the discharge of their functions under regulations made under section 19(1) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) (discharge of functions of and by another local authority);
(iii)a power of the authority to make arrangements for the discharge of their functions under regulations made under section 19(2) of the Local Government Act 2000;
(c)a power of the Welsh improvement authority to authorise a person (or the person’s employees) to exercise a function on the authority’s behalf under an order made under section 70 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40);
(d)in the case of a Welsh fire and rescue authority, its powers under section 101(1)(b) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as given effect in relation to the authority by section 10 of this Measure);
(e)in the case of a National Park authority, its powers under section 101(1)(b) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as given effect in relation to the authority by paragraph 13 of Schedule 7 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)).
(2)In subsection (1)(b)(ii) “executive” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000.