32.—(1) The functions of the Combined Authority specified in article 31 are exercisable only by the Mayor.
(2) The members or officers of the Combined Authority may assist the Mayor in the exercise of the functions specified in article 31.
(3) For the purposes of the exercise of the functions specified in article 31 the Mayor may do anything that the Combined Authority may do under section 113A of the 2009 Act (general power of EPB or combined authority)(1).
(4) The Mayor must not make arrangements under section 107D(3)(b) of the 2009 Act (functions of mayors: general) in relation to the functions specified in paragraph (1), in relation to a political adviser appointed under article 4 of this Order.
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.