PART 1General

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2017 and shall come into force on 8th May 2017.

Interpretation2

1

In this Order—

  • “the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

  • “excluded matter” means any matter which is a local crime and disorder matter within the meaning of section 19 of the Police and Justice Act 20062 or a matter of any description specified in an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 9FC of the Local Government Act 20003;

  • “mayor” means the mayor for the area of a combined authority established in an order made under section 107A of the 2009 Act;

  • “member” in relation to membership of an overview and scrutiny committee includes the chair of that overview and scrutiny committee;

  • “non constituent council” means a council designated as a non constituent council in an order made under section 103(1) of the 2009 Act;

  • “principal authority” means in the case of a parish council for an area in a district that has a district council, that district council, and in the case of a parish council for any other area, the county council for the county that includes that area; and

  • “proper officer” has the same meaning as in section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 19724.

2

For the purposes of this Order a person (“R”) is a relative of another person if R is—

a

the other person’s spouse or civil partner,

b

living with the other person as husband and wife or as if they were civil partners,

c

a grandparent of the other person,

d

a lineal descendant of a grandparent of the other person,

e

a parent, sibling or child of a person within paragraph (a) or (b),

f

the spouse or civil partner of a person within paragraph (c), (d) or (e), or

g

living with a person within paragraph (c), (d) or (e) as husband and wife or as if they were civil partners.