# The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2024, Paragraph 4: Proceedings


(1) Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, any questions that are to be decided by the Combined County 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 County Authority.
(2) No business shall be transacted at a meeting of the Combined County Authority unless at least one member or substitute member appointed by each of the constituent authorities are present at the meeting.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), one of the members present must be the chair or vice-chair.
(4) Each member, or substitute member acting in that member’s place, is to have one vote and no member or substitute member is to have a casting vote.
(5) If a vote is tied on any matter it shall be deemed not to have been carried.
(6) Questions relating to the following matters require a unanimous vote in favour by all four members, or substitute members acting in place of those members, to be carried—
(a) approval or amendment of the Combined County Authority’s budget;
(b) appointment of the Combined County Authority’s chief executive;
(c) adoption of any local transport plan under section 108(3) of the 2000 Act;
(d) approval or amendment of the Combined County Authority’s constitution or standing orders;
(e) 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.
(7) For questions relating to the following matters, the majority under sub-paragraph (1) must include the members designated by any constituent councils, or substitute members where any substitute members are acting in place of members, whose area is impacted by that exercise or, as the case may be, approval—
(a) any exercise by the Combined County Authority of any of its functions in a way which could result in a financial liability accruing to a constituent council;
(b) approval of such other matters as may be determined by the Combined County Authority and set out in its constitution or standing orders.
(8) Any requirement under regulation 7(1)(a) or sub-paragraph (7) of this paragraph for the consent of members appointed by Lancashire County Council, is only satisfied if consent is given by the member designated as the lead member in accordance with paragraph 1(2), or a substitute member acting in place of that member.
(9) For questions relating to the following matters, the majority under sub-paragraph (1) must include the member appointed by Blackpool Borough Council or a substitute member acting in place of that member—
(a) any question which could result in a financial liability accruing to BTS Ltd;
(b) any question which could have an impact on BTS Ltd which is significant, material and direct, as provided for in the Combined County Authority’s standing orders.
(10) 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.
(11) In this paragraph “BTS Ltd” means Blackpool Transport Services Limited (company registration number 02003020) and includes any successor—
(a) to its bus undertaking that is a public transport company within the meaning of section 72 of the Transport Act 1985;
(b) to the tramways undertaking maintained by Blackpool Borough Council under Head B of Part 12 of the County of Lancashire Act 1984.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348266207/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lancashire-combined-county-authority-regulations-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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