PART 1General
Citation and commencement1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017
(2)
Save as provided in paragraph (3) this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3)
Articles 5, 10 to 17, 19, 20 and 21(2)(a) and (b) come into force on 8th May 2017.
Interpretation2.
In this Order—
“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
“the Area” means the area of the Combined Authority;
“constituent councils” means the district councils for the local government areas of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, and Wirral;
“Corporation” means a corporation established by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions in section 198 of the 2011 Act, with the modifications made by Schedule 4, following the designation of an area of land by the Combined Authority;
“highway functions” means the functions which are exercisable by a constituent council (in whatever capacity) in relation to the highways for which they are the highway authority; and