Section 103B Mayoral power to convene meetings with local partnersF1

The mayor for the area of a combined authority may convene meetings with local partners to consider relevant local matters.

In exercising the function of convening meetings, a mayor must have regard to any guidance issued for this purpose by the Secretary of State.

If a mayor notifies a local partner that the mayor intends to convene a meeting under this section with that local partner, the local partner must respond to the notification.

In responding to a notification given by a mayor, a local partner must have regard to any guidance issued for this purpose by the Secretary of State.

In this section—

• “local partner” means a person specified, or of a description specified, in regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “relevant local matter”, in relation to the mayor for the area of a combined authority, means a matter which relates both to—

  1. (a)

     the area of the combined authority, and

  2. (b)

     any aspect of any area of competence set out in section 2 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.