Section 18 Functions of mayors of combined authorities or CCAsI1

In section 30 of LURA 2023 (functions of mayors: general), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

Any mayoral function is to be taken to be a function of the CCA that is exercisable only by the mayor acting on behalf of the CCA.

(1B)

The members and officers of a mayoral CCA may assist the mayor in the exercise of any mayoral function (and here “members” means the members of the constituent councils who are appointed to be members of the CCA).

(1C)

For the purposes of this section a “mayoral function” is—

(a)

a function which is conferred by an enactment on the mayor for the area of the CCA, or

(b)

a function which is conferred on the CCA by an enactment if an enactment provides for the function to be exercisable only by the mayor for the area of the CCA.”

In section 107D of LDEDCA 2009 (functions of mayors: general), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

Any mayoral function is to be taken to be a function of the combined authority that is exercisable only by the mayor acting on behalf of the combined authority.

(1B)

The members and officers of a mayoral combined authority may assist the mayor in the exercise of any mayoral function (and here “members” means the members of the constituent councils who are appointed to be members of the combined authority).

(1C)

For the purposes of this section a “mayoral function” is—

(a)

a function which is conferred by an enactment on the mayor for the area of the combined authority, or

(b)

a function which is conferred on the combined authority by an enactment if an enactment provides for the function to be exercisable only by the mayor for the area of the combined authority.”