# The West Midlands Combined Authority (Business Rate Supplements Functions and Amendment) Order 2018, Article 4: General functions of the Combined Authority exercisable only by the Mayor


(1) The functions of the WMCA specified in article 3 are exercisable only by the Mayor.
(2) The members or officers of the WMCA may assist the Mayor in the exercise of the functions specified in article 3.
(3) For the purposes of the exercise of the functions specified in article 3 the Mayor may do anything that the WMCA may do under section 113A of the 2009 Act (general power of EPB or combined authority).
(4) The Mayor must not make arrangements under section 107D(3)(b) of the 2009 Act (functions of mayors: general) in relation to the functions specified in paragraph (1), in relation to a political adviser appointed under article 23(1) of the West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111170274/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-west-midlands-combined-authority-business-rate-supplements-functions-and-amendment-order-2018/article-4
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