PART 4Additional functions
Incidental provisions11.
The following provisions shall have effect as if the Combined Authority were a local authority for the purposes of those provisions—
(a)
section 142(2) of the Local Government Act 197213 (power to arrange for publication of information etc. relating to the functions of the authority); and
(b)
section 222 of the Local Government Act 197214 (power to prosecute and defend legal proceedings).