{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/55",
  "legislation_title": "Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Changes to boundaries of a CCA’s area",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations change the boundaries of a CCA’s area by—\n(a) adding a relevant local government area to an existing area of a CCA, or\n(b) removing a relevant local government area from an existing area of a CCA.\n(2) In this section “relevant local government area” means—\n(a) the area of a two-tier county council,\n(b) the area of a unitary county council, or\n(c) the area of a unitary district council.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (1)(b)—\n(a) may transfer functions relating to the relevant local government area from the CCA to any other public authority;\n(b) may provide for any function of the CCA relating to the area to be no longer exercisable in relation to that area.\n(4) In subsection (3)(a) “public authority” includes—\n(a) a Minister of the Crown within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975,\n(b) a government department,\n(c) a county council, and\n(d) a district council.\n(5) Regulations may be made under subsection (1) only if the area to be created by the regulations meets conditions A and B in section 9.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(11) Subsection (12) applies if a CCA has made provision about its constitution under regulations under section 10(1).\n(12) A decision about any change to that provision as a result of regulations under subsection (1) is to be decided at a meeting of the CCA by a simple majority of the voting members of the CCA who are present at the meeting.\n(13) A reference in this section to a voting member—\n(a) includes a substitute member who may act in place of a voting member;\n(b) does not include a non-constituent member.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 25(6)-(10) omitted (29.4.2026 except so far as it relates to Sch. 1 paras. 18, 39 of the amending Act) by virtue of English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 1 para. 32 (with s. 102) (with saving and transitional provision in S.I. 2026/482, regs. 1(2), 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 26.12.2023, see s. 255(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/55/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:40.116941+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}