Schedules
Schedule 4Combined county authorities: consequential amendments
I1160Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21)
In section 15 of the Childcare Act 2006 (powers of Secretary of State to secure proper performance), after subsection (6A) insert—
6B
If any functions of an English local authority under this Part are exercisable by a combined county authority by virtue of section 18 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023—
a
a reference in any of subsections (3) to (6) to an English local authority includes a reference to the combined county authority, and
b
a reference in those subsections to functions under this Part is, in relation to the combined county authority, to be read as a reference to those functions so far as exercisable by the combined county authority.