# Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, Section 107: Dissolution of a combined authority's area

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may by order—
(a) dissolve a combined authority's area, and
(b) abolish the combined authority for that area.
(2) An order may be made under this section only if—
(a) a majority of the councils to whom this subsection applies consent to the making of the order , and
(b) in the case of an order made in respect of a mayoral combined authority, the mayor for the area of the authority also consents to the making of the order.
(3) Subsection (2) applies to—
(a) a county council whose area, or part of whose area, is within the combined authority's area;
(b) a unitary district council whose area is within the combined authority's area.
(4) The order—
(a) must make provision for designating an authority to be a local transport authority for the area that was previously the combined authority's area for the purposes of section 108(4) of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), and
(b) may transfer functions to that authority from the combined authority that was formerly the local transport authority.
(4A) The order—
(a) may transfer functions from the combined authority to any other public authority;
(b) may provide for any function of the combined authority to no longer be exercisable in relation to the combined authority's area.
(5) Provision made by virtue of subsection (4) may designate different authorities for different parts of the area.
(6) The reference in subsection (4)(a) to an authority does not include an ITA or a combined county authority.
(7) Subsection (4) does not apply to a territory or part of a territory that becomes
(a) the integrated transport area or part of the integrated transport area of an ITA by virtue of an order under section 78 or 90 of the Local Transport Act 2008 , or
(b) the area or part of the area of a combined county authority by virtue of regulations under section 9(1) or 25(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/107 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009/section-107
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