{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009/section-104CB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009/section-104CB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/20",
  "legislation_title": "Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009",
  "path": "section/104CB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "104CB",
  "heading": "Validity of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The proceedings of a combined authority are not invalidated—\n(a) by any vacancy—\n(i) among its members or substitute members, or\n(ii) (in the case of a mayoral combined authority) in the office of deputy mayor, or\n(b) by any defect in the appointment or qualifications of—\n(i) any member or substitute member, or\n(ii) (in the case of a mayoral combined authority) of the deputy mayor.\n(2) In this section “substitute member” means a person appointed to act as a member in the absence of another member.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 104CA, 104CB inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), ss. 6(5), 108(1)(3) (with s. 102)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/104CB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:57.702412+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."
}