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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-hampshire-and-the-solent-combined-county-authority-regulations-2026/schedule/paragraph-4",
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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": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 8(4) of the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017, any decision of the Combined County Authority is to be decided by a simple majority of the members present and voting on that decision at a meeting of the Combined County Authority and, after the beginning of the first mayor’s term of office, such majority is to include the mayor, or the deputy mayor acting in place of the mayor.\n(2) Before the first mayor’s term of office begins—\n(a) no business is to be transacted at a meeting of the Combined County Authority unless the chair, or vice-chair acting in place of the chair, and three of the members appointed by the constituent councils are present;\n(b) questions relating to the following matters require a unanimous vote in favour by all five members to be carried—\n(i) approval or amendment of the Combined County Authority’s budget;\n(ii) development and adoption of any local transport plan under section 108(3) of the 2000 Act;\n(iii) approval or amendment of the Combined County Authority’s constitution or standing orders;\n(iv) approval or amendment of such other plans and strategies as may be determined by the Combined County Authority and set out in its constitution or standing orders;\n(c) none of the following decisions may be taken unless the decision is approved by the member appointed by the constituent council concerned—\n(i) any decision which results in a financial liability on the constituent council;\n(ii) any decision which affects any land within the area of the constituent council;\n(iii) any decision which results in an exercise of functions within the area of the constituent council.\n(3) After the mayor’s term of office begins, no business is to be transacted at a meeting of the Combined County Authority unless the mayor, or the deputy mayor acting in place of the mayor, and at least four members appointed by the constituent councils are present.\n(4) Where the deputy mayor is acting in the place of the mayor they cannot also act in their capacity as a member of the Combined County Authority.\n(5) Each member is to have one vote and no member is to have a casting vote.\n(6) If a vote is tied on any matter it is deemed not to have been carried.\n(7) The proceedings of the Combined County 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2017/611, as amended by S.I. 2024/652."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Deputy mayor” is defined in section 29(7) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348281200/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}