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Article 7 FundingI1

England and Wales

(1)

The constituent councils must ensure that any reasonably incurred costs of the Combined Authority are met to the extent that the Combined Authority has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to it.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (4), the constituent councils must meet the costs of the expenditure reasonably incurred by the Mayor in, or in connection with, the exercise of F1any mayoral function, to the extent that the Mayor has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to the Combined Authority.

(3)

Any amount payable by each of the constituent councils to ensure that the costs of the Combined Authority referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are met is to be determined by apportioning such costs between the constituent councils in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of such agreement, in the following shares between the constituent councils—

  • Darlington 15.80%

  • Hartlepool 14.67%

  • Middlesbrough 20.89%

  • Redcar and Cleveland 20.97%

  • Stockton-on-Tees 27.67%.

(4)

In relation to the expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2)—

(a)

to the extent to which such expenditure is met by amounts payable under arrangements made under paragraph (3)—

(i)

the Mayor must agree with the Combined Authority the total expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2) in advance of incurring this expenditure; and

(ii)

in the absence of the agreement specified in paragraph (i), no such expenditure may be incurred;

(b)

any precept issued in relation to such expenditure under section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992f1 is to be disregarded from any calculation of the costs of the expenditure.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 7(2) substituted (4.6.2026) by The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) (England) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/519), regs. 1(2), 24(5)(a)

F2

Art. 7(5) 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(5)(b)

Commencement

I1

Art. 7 in force at 8.5.2017, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 14. Section 40 was amended by section 83 of the 1999 Act, paragraphs 7 and 17 of Schedule 17 to, the Localism Act 2011 and section 5 of the 2016 Act.