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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-reform-combined-authorities-and-economic-prosperity-boards-england-order-2015/article-19",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111135419",
  "legislation_title": "The Legislative Reform (Combined Authorities and Economic Prosperity Boards) (England) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-reform-combined-authorities-and-economic-prosperity-boards-england-order-2015",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009",
  "text": "After section 112 insert—\n“Application for change to constitution, functions or funding: existing combined authority\n112A (1) Any one or more of the authorities to whom this section applies may, in relation to an existing combined authority, apply to the Secretary of State in respect of one or more combined matters.\n(2) This section applies to—\n(a) the combined authority;\n(b) a county council whose area, or part of whose area, is within the area of the combined authority;\n(c) a district council whose area is within the area of the combined authority.\n(3) For the purposes of this section a “combined matter” is—\n(a) a matter in relation to which an order may be made under section 104 or 105;\n(b) in relation to the combined authority or any executive body of the combined authority, where that body exists at the time of the review, a matter concerning the combined authority or the executive body that the combined authority has power to determine.\n(4) Any application to the Secretary of State made under subsection (1) must—\n(a) be made in writing;\n(b) specify how the exercise of the power to make an order under section 104 or 105 would be likely to improve—\n(i) the exercise of statutory functions relating to transport in the area of the combined authority,\n(ii) the effectiveness and efficiency of transport in that area,\n(iii) the exercise of statutory functions relating to economic development and regeneration in that area, or\n(iv) economic conditions in that area.\n(5) An application may be made under this section only if every authority to whom this section applies consents to the making of the application.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111135419/article/19",
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  "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."
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