The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Business Rate Supplements Functions) Order 2018

PART 2 Business Rate Supplements Functions

Conferral of BRS power of Greater London Authority

3.—(1) The CPCA has, in relation to its area, functions corresponding to the functions conferred on the Greater London Authority in relation to Greater London by the BRS Act.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to the function conferred by section 3(5) of the BRS Act.

General functions of the Combined Authority exercisable only by the Mayor

4.—(1) The functions of the CPCA specified in article 3 are exercisable only by the Mayor(1).

(2) The members or officers of the CPCA may assist the Mayor in the exercise of the functions specified in article 3.

(3) For the purposes of the exercise of the functions specified in article 3 the Mayor may do anything that the CPCA may do under section 113A of the 2009 Act (general power of EPB or combined authority)(2).

Adaptation of BRS Act in consequence of article 3

5.  For the purposes of article 3, the BRS Act applies to the CPCA as if —

(a) references to the Greater London Authority in section 2(1) (levying authorities) and in section 5(2) (prospectus) of the BRS Act include references to the CPCA;

(b) subject to paragraph (c), references in that Act to a lower-tier authority are, in relation to the CPCA, references to a district council whose area forms part of the CPCA’s area;

(c) reference to a lower-tier authority in section 6(1)(b) (consultation) is, in relation to the CPCA, reference to a district council whose area forms part of the CPCA’s area and to Cambridgeshire County Council.

Amendment of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017

6.—(1) The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2) of article 6 after “article 12(1)” insert “and the functions conferred on the Combined Authority by article 3 of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Business Rate Supplements Functions) Order 2018”.

(1)

S.I. 2017/251, article 5, provided for there to be a mayor of the combined authority. The first mayor was elected on 4th May 2017.

(2)

Section 113A was inserted by section 13 of the Localism Act 2011 and amended by section 23 of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 5 to, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016.

(3)

S.I. 2017/251.