PART 4Mayoral development areas
Incidental provisions12.
(1)
The following provisions of the 1989 Act52 shall apply as if a Corporation were a local authority—
(a)
section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff)53; and
(b)
sections 2 and 3A (politically restricted posts and exemptions from restriction)54 so far as they have effect for the purposes of that section.
(2)
Section 5 of the 1989 Act (designation and reports of monitoring officer)55 shall apply in relation to the Combined Authority as if a Corporation were a committee of the Authority.