# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Paragraph 12: Inclusion of all mayoral combined authorities in the new scrutiny regime

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Schedule 5AA (as inserted by paragraph 2 of this Schedule) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In the heading, for “combined authorities that are established mayoral strategic authorities” substitute “Mayoral combined authorities”.
(3) For paragraph A1 substitute—
“A1 (1) This Schedule applies to a mayoral combined authority.
(2) Accordingly, in the following provisions of this Schedule—
(a) “combined authority” means a mayoral combined authority;
(b) a reference to an overview and scrutiny committee is a reference to such a committee of a mayoral combined authority.
(3) For provision about the scrutiny of non-mayoral combined authorities, see Schedule 5A.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/5/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-5/paragraph-12
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