# Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, Section 103B: Mayoral power to convene meetings with local partners


(1) The mayor for the area of a combined authority may convene meetings with local partners to consider relevant local matters.
(2) In exercising the function of convening meetings, a mayor must have regard to any guidance issued for this purpose by the Secretary of State.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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—
(a)the area of the combined authority, and
(b)any aspect of any area of competence set out in section 2 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/103B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009/section-103B
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