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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/west-midlands-combined-authority-functions-and-amendment-order-2017/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/510",
  "legislation_title": "The West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/west-midlands-combined-authority-functions-and-amendment-order-2017",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n...\n“the 1988 Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988;\n“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;\n“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;\n...\n...\n“the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 2000;\n...\n“the 2004 Act” means the Traffic Management Act 2004;\n...\n“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n...\n“the 2016 Order” means the West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016;\n“combined area” means the combined area of the Combined Authority;\n“the Combined Authority” means the West Midlands Combined Authority, a body corporate established by the 2016 Order;\n...\n“constituent council” means the councils for the local government areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton;\n...\n...\n“key route network roads” means highways or proposed highways in the combined area designated as key route network roads pursuant to section 107ZA(1) (designation of key route network roads) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009; and\n“the Mayor” means the mayor for the combined area, except where the context otherwise requires.",
  "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), 27(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), 27(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "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), 27(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "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), 27(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "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), 27(2)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "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), 27(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (5.8.2026) by virtue of The West Midlands Combined Authority (Key Route Network) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/820), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "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), 27(2)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "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), 27(2)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (5.8.2026) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Key Route Network) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/820), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 8.5.2017, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1991 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2000 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2004 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2016/653."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "See article 3(2) of the 2016 Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Article 3 to S.I 2016/933 provides for there to be a mayor for the combined area of the Combined Authority."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/510/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:11:38.121514+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."
}