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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-hampshire-and-the-solent-combined-county-authority-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348281200",
  "legislation_title": "The Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-hampshire-and-the-solent-combined-county-authority-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations establish the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority (“the Combined County Authority”) and confer certain functions of local authorities and other public authorities on the Combined County Authority.\nThe Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55) provides for the establishment of combined county authorities for the areas of two or more local authorities in England. Combined county authorities are bodies corporate which may be given power to exercise specified functions in their area.\nPart 2 establishes the new Combined County Authority for the local government areas of Hampshire County Council, Isle of Wight Council, Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City 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 adviser to the mayor.\nPart 4 confers on the Combined County Authority functions relating to transport. It transfers functions relating to local transport planning and public transport from the local authorities to the Combined County Authority and confers powers for the mayor to pay grants.\nPart 5 sets out the functions of the Combined County 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 County Authority that relate to the exercise of its functions.\nPart 7 confers additional functions to be exercisable by the Combined County 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 County Authority should lead to operational efficiencies that could lead to reduced costs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348281200/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:39.861048+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."
}