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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greater-manchester-combined-authority-functions-and-amendment-order-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111151532",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-greater-manchester-combined-authority-functions-and-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980\n“the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985;\n“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;\n“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;\n“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 2000;\n“the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;\n“the 2008 Act” means the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;\n“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n“the 2011 Order” means the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011;\n“the Area” means the area of the GMCA;\n“constituent councils” means the district councils for the local government areas of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan;\n“the E&SA 2008” means the Education and Skills Act 2008;\n“the GMCA” means the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, a body corporate established by the 2011 Order;\n“the HCA” means the Homes and Communities Agency;\n“Interim Mayor” has the meaning given by article 2 of the 2011 Order; and\n“the Mayor” means the mayor for the Area except where the reference is to the Mayor of London.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1989 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1999 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "2000 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "2004 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "2008 c. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.I. 2011/908 as amended by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/960)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "2008 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was established by the 2011 Order. Article 3(2) provides that “the combined authority is to be a body corporate and to be known as the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (“the GMCA”)”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "The HCA is a body corporate established under section 1 of the 2008 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "Article 3 to S.I 2016/448 provides for there to be a mayor for the area of the Combined Authority."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111151532/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:29.758360+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."
}