Paragraph 3 Proceedings

Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, any questions that are to be decided by the Combined Authority are to be decided by a majority of the members and substitute members, acting in place of members, present and voting on that question at a meeting of the Combined Authority.

No business shall be transacted at a meeting of the Combined Authority unless at least four members or substitute members appointed by the constituent councils are present at that meeting.

Each member, or substitute member acting in that member’s place, has one vote and no member or substitute member has a casting vote.

If a vote is tied on any matter it shall be deemed not to have been carried.

Questions relating to the determination and review of any transitional arrangements on transport require a unanimous vote in favour by all six constituent council members, or substitute members acting in place of those members, to be carried.

The amount of any levy to be issued to constituent councils is to be decided by a majority of the members and substitute members, acting in place of members, appointed by the constituent councils and present and voting.

Members appointed from the Local Enterprise Partnership shall be non-voting members of the Combined Authority.

The proceedings of the Combined Authority are not invalidated by any vacancy among its members or substitute members or by any defect in the appointment or qualifications of any member or substitute member.

In this paragraph “transitional arrangements on transport” means anything relating to the abolition of the ITA and the transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities to the Combined Authority or the Executive under articles 6 or 8.