# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Paragraph 9: Mayors outside London

Extent: E+W

(1) Regulations may make provision about the exercise of a function by the mayors of any of these classes of strategic authorities—
(a) the mayoral strategic authorities other than the established mayoral strategic authorities;
(b) the established mayoral strategic authorities other than the GLA.
(2) Before making regulations under this paragraph the Secretary of State must consult the following—
(a) the affected mayors;
(b) the strategic authorities for whose areas the affected mayors are the mayor;
(c) the constituent councils of those strategic authorities;
(d) any other person who exercises the function to which the regulations relate, if their power to exercise it would be affected by the regulations;
(e) any other persons that the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.
(3) In this paragraph “affected mayors” means the mayors to whose function regulations under this paragraph relate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/27/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-27/paragraph-9
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