# The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024, Paragraph 2: Proceedings

Extent: E+W

(1) No business may be transacted at a meeting of the Combined Authority unless the following members are present—
(a) the Mayor; and
(b) five or more Constituent Council Members.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) Where one of the matters described in paragraphs (a) to (e) is put to the vote, that vote will only be carried upon the unanimous support of the Mayor and each of the seven Constituent Council Members—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) agreement to confer upon the Mayor a duty to produce a Spatial Development Strategy;
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8) Where under sub-paragraph (7)(c) there has been the necessary unanimous agreement, the adoption of the Spatial Development Strategy requires the support of at least four Constituent Council Members.
(9) Reference to a two thirds majority in article 8(4) (combined authority’s decisions on budget) of the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017 as it applies in relation to the Combined Authority is to be read as a reference to a five-sevenths majority of the Constituent Council Members.
(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(16) The provisions in this Schedule relating to the Mayor only have effect where the Mayor is in office.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/402/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/north-east-mayoral-combined-authority-establishment-and-functions-order-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-2/enacted
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