Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023

45 Proposal for new CCA E+W

(1) One or more authorities to which this section applies may—

(a) prepare a proposal for the establishment of a CCA for an area, and

(b) submit the proposal to the Secretary of State.

(2) This section applies to the following authorities—

(a) a county council whose area is within the proposed area;

(b) a unitary district council whose area is within the proposed area;

(c) an economic prosperity board the whole or any part of whose area is within the proposed area;

(d) an Integrated Transport Authority the whole or any part of whose area is within the proposed area;

(e) a combined authority the whole or any part of whose area is within the proposed area.

(3) In this section “the proposed area” means the area for which the CCA is proposed to be established.

(4) Before submitting a proposal under this section to the Secretary of State, the authority or authorities preparing the proposal must—

(a) carry out a public consultation across the proposed area on the proposal, and

(b) have regard to the results of the consultation in preparing the proposal for submission to the Secretary of State.

(5) The requirements in subsection (4) may be satisfied by things done before the coming into force of this section.

(6) If a proposal under this section is not submitted by all of the authorities to which this section applies, each authority which does not submit the proposal must consent to its submission to the Secretary of State.

(7) A proposal under this section must specify the purposes to be achieved by the establishment of the CCA.

(8) The Secretary of State may by regulations—

(a) make further provision about the matters which must be addressed by a proposal under this section;

(b) make provision about material which must be included in or submitted with a proposal under this section.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 45 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(2)(a)