{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tees-valley-combined-authority-functions-and-amendment-order-2017/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tees-valley-combined-authority-functions-and-amendment-order-2017/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/431",
  "legislation_title": "The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tees-valley-combined-authority-functions-and-amendment-order-2017",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n...\n...\n“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n“the 2016 Order” means the Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016;\n“combined area” means the area of the Combined Authority;\n“Combined Authority” means the Tees Valley Combined Authority, established by the 2016 Order;\n“constituent councils” means the councils for the local government areas of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees; and\n“Mayor” means the mayor for the combined area.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (4.6.2026) by virtue of The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/519), regs. 1(2), 24(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (4.6.2026) by virtue of The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/519), regs. 1(2), 24(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 8.5.2017, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2016/449."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 3 of the 2016 Order establishes the Tees Valley Combined Authority, and article 3(2) provides that it is to be a body corporate and is to be known as the Tees Valley Combined Authority."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Article 3 to S.I 2016/783 provides for there to be a mayor for the area of the Combined Authority."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/431/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:24.637951+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."
}