The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Article 7 (duty of combined authority and mayor to respond to overview and scrutiny committee)

8.  In article 7 (duty of combined authority and mayor to respond to overview and scrutiny committee)—

(a) in the heading, after “authority” insert “or combined county authority”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(b), after “authority” in both places it occurs insert “or, as the case may be, combined county authority,”;

(c) in paragraph (2)—

(i) after “authority” in the first place it occurs insert “or, as the case may be, combined county authority,”;

(ii) for “the combined” in the second place those words occur, substitute “that”;

(d) in paragraph (3)—

(i) after “authority” in the first place it occurs insert “or, as the case may be, combined county authority,”;

(ii) for “the combined” in the second place those words occur, substitute “that”;

(e) in paragraph (4), after “Where” in the first place it occurs insert “, in relation to a combined authority,”;

(f) after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5) Where, in relation to a combined county authority, an overview and scrutiny committee exercises any of its powers under arrangements made in accordance with paragraph 1(2) or 1(3) of Schedule 1 to the 2023 Act in relation to a decision made but not implemented—

(a) where recommendations have been made under paragraph 1(4)(b) of Schedule 1 to the 2023 Act, the combined county authority or the mayor must hold a meeting to reconsider the decision no later than 10 days after the date on which the recommendations of the overview and scrutiny committee were received by the combined county authority; and

(b) any direction under arrangements made in accordance with paragraph 1(4)(a) of Schedule 1 to the 2023 Act may have effect for a period not exceeding 14 days from the date on which the direction is issued. ”.