PART 2Amendment of the Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2017
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.