PART 4Additional functions
Incidental provisions8.
The following provisions shall have effect as if the Combined Authority were a local authority for the purposes of those provisions—
(a)
section 113 of the Local Government Act 19724 (power to place staff at the disposal of other local authorities);
(b)
section 142(2) of the Local Government Act 19725 (power to arrange for publication of information etc relating to the functions of the authority); and
(c)
section 222 of the Local Government Act 19726 (power to prosecute and defend legal proceedings).