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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-cumbria-combined-authority-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348277906",
  "legislation_title": "The Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-cumbria-combined-authority-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order establishes the Cumbria Combined Authority (“the Combined Authority”), provides for the election of a mayor and confers certain of the functions of local authorities and other public authorities on the Combined Authority.\nPart 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20) provides for the establishment of combined authorities for the areas of two or more local authorities in England. Combined authorities are bodies corporate which may be given power to exercise specified functions in their area.\nPart 2 establishes the new Combined Authority for the local government areas of Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council and makes provision for its constitution (in the Schedule).\nPart 3 provides for the election of the mayor and for the appointment of a political advisor to the mayor.\nPart 4 confers on the Combined Authority functions relating to transport. It transfers functions relating to local transport planning from the local authorities to the Combined Authority and confers powers for the mayor to pay grants.\nPart 5 sets out the functions of the Combined Authority which are to be only exercisable by the mayor and makes provision in relation to joint committees.\nPart 6 makes provision for the funding, by the constituent councils, of those costs of the Combined Authority that relate to the exercise of its functions.\nPart 7 confers additional functions to be exercisable by the Combined Authority concurrently with the constituent councils, including functions relating to economic development and data sharing.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as this instrument will have no impact on the costs of the business and voluntary sectors. The impact on the public sector is that conferring functions on the Combined Authority should lead to operational efficiencies that could lead to reduced costs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348277906/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:16.328759+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}