Regulation 27 Amendment of West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017

(1)

The West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 1 (general), in article 2 (interpretation), omit the following definitions—

(a)

“the 1980 Act”;

(b)

“the 1997 Act”;

(c)

“the 1999 Act”;

(d)

“the 2003 Act”;

(e)

“the 2008 Act”;

(f)

“the 2011 Act”;

(g)

“Corporation”;

(h)

“the HCA”.

(3)

In Part 2 (transport), omit—

(a)

article 3 (power to pay grant);

(b)

article 4 (agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies);

(c)

article 6 (bus lane contraventions);

(d)

article 7 (road traffic reduction).

(4)

Omit Part 3 (housing and regeneration).

(5)

Omit Part 4 (mayoral development corporations).

(6)

In Part 5 (air quality; smoke-free premises, places and vehicles; culture and anti-social behaviour), omit article 19 (culture).

(7)

In Part 6 (funding), in article 21 (funding)—

(a)

omit paragraph (3);

(b)

in paragraph (4), for the words from “the functions specified” to “Order 2018” substitute “any mayoral function”.

(8)

In Part 7 (functions of the Combined Authority exercisable only by the Mayor; political advisers), in article 22 (general functions of the Combined Authority exercisable only by the Mayor)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa)

omit paragraphs (i) and (iv);

(bb)

in paragraph (v), at the end, insert “and”;

(cc)

omit paragraph (vi);

(ii)

omit sub-paragraph (b);

(b)

omit paragraphs (2) and (5).

(9)

Omit Schedule 3 (modification of the application of Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008).

(10)

Omit Schedule 4 (modification of the application of the Localism Act 2011).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2017/510, amended by S.I. 2018/880, 2022/71, 2022/576.