Part 2: Local Democracy and Devolution Functions of CCAs Section 18: Local authority functions Effect
Subsection (1) allows the Secretary of State to make regulations that provides for functions of a county council or district council to be exercisable by a CCA. The functions must be exercisable by the council in relation to an area within the CCA’s area.
	Subsection (2) provides that this power applies only if the Secretary of State considers the functions can be appropriately exercised by the CCA.
	Subsection (3) provides that regulations may specify that the function be exercised generally, or subject to conditions or limitations.
	Subsection (4) allows the regulations to make provision for functions of a county council or unitary district council (i.e. local authorities which can be constituent members of a CCA) to be exercisable by the CCA instead of the by the council.
	Subsection (5) allows the regulations to make provision for functions of a county council or a district council (both unitary district councils and district councils which form part of the area of a county council) to be exercisable by the CCA concurrently with that county council or district council, jointly with the county council or district council, or jointly with the county council or district council and continued to be exercisable by the council on its own.
	Subsections (6) provide that any such regulations must have the consent of the constituent councils and, where a CCA is already in existence, the CCA.