The Combined Authorities (Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017

2.—(1) The Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017(1) is amended in accordance with this regulation and regulation 3.

(2) In article 2 (interpretation) in the appropriate places insert—

““the 2023 Act” means the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;”;

““CCA” means a combined county authority established by regulations made under section 9(1) of the 2023 Act;”;

““mayor” means the mayor for a mayoral combined authority (2) or, as the case may be, the mayor for a mayoral CCA;”;

““mayoral CCA” means a CCA for an area for which provision is made in regulations made under section 27(1) of the 2023 Act for there to be a mayor;”.

(3) In the heading of Part 2 after “combined authorities” insert “and mayoral CCAs”.

(4) In article 3 (costs of mayor to be met from precepts)—

(a) in paragraph (1) omit “for the area of a combined authority”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (2) insert “or in regulations made under Part 2 of the 2023 Act (local democracy and devolution)”.

(5) In the heading of Part 3 after “combined authority’s” insert “or CCA’s”(3).

(6) In article 5 (mayor to notify combined authority of proposed budget: general component)

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

(b) in paragraph (1) after “combined authority” insert “or CCA as the case may be”;

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) after ““the combined authority”” insert “or to the CCA as the case may be”;

(ii) for “the mayor” substitute “a non-constituent member, an associate member or the mayor”(4).

(7) In article 6 (combined authority to review budget)—

(a) in the heading after “Combined authority” insert “or CCA”;

(b) in paragraphs (1), (2), (3)(a) and (4) after “the combined authority” insert “or CCA as the case may be”.

(8) In article 7 (mayor’s consideration of report) after “combined authority”, in both places it occurs, insert “or CCA as the case may be”.

(9) In article 8 (combined authority’s decision on budget)—

(a) in the heading, after “Combined authority’s” insert “or CCA’s”;

(b) in paragraph (1)—

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

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “combined authority’s recommendations” substitute “recommendations of the combined authority or of the CCA as the case may be”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (3), after “the combined authority” insert “or CCA as the case may be”;

(d) in paragraph (4), for “combined authority’s recommendations” substitute “recommendations of the combined authority or of the CCA as the case may be” and after “combined authority”, insert “or CCA as the case may be,”;

(e) in paragraph (6), (7) and (8) after “the combined authority” insert “or CCA as the case may be”;

(f) in paragraph (9) (b), after “the 2009 Act”, insert “or in regulations made under Part 2 of the 2023 Act”.

(10) In article 9 (calculations and amounts to be used in setting precept) in paragraph (1) after “the combined authority” insert “or CCA as the case may be”.

(1)

S.I. 2017/611.

(2)

See section 107A(8) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20) for the definition of “mayoral combined authority”.

(3)

For the meaning of general functions in relation to the mayor of the area of a Combined Authority see section 107D(2) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20). For the meaning of general functions in relation to the mayor of the area of a CCA see section 30 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55).

(4)

See section 41(7) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 and section 107G(6A) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 as inserted by section 64(12) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 for exclusion of non-constituent and associate members from the definition of members of a CCA and Combined Authority.