{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/west-of-england-combined-authority-order-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/west-of-england-combined-authority-order-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/126",
  "legislation_title": "The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/west-of-england-combined-authority-order-2017",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Proceedings",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) No business is to be transacted at a meeting of the Combined Authority unless at least two members appointed by the constituent councils, including the Chair or substitute members acting in place of members are present at the meeting.\n(3) If the Mayor is in post, no business is to be transacted at a meeting of the Combined Authority unless at least three members are present at the meeting, and such members include—\n(a) the Mayor, or the deputy Mayor acting in place of the Mayor; and\n(b) at least two members appointed by the constituent councils or substitute members acting in place of members.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) A decision on a question relating to the following matters requires a unanimous vote in favour by the Mayor and all members of the Combined Authority appointed by the constituent councils, or substitute members acting in place of those members, present and voting on that question at a meeting of the Combined Authority at which all members of the Combined Authority are present to be carried—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) adoption of a spatial development strategy.\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(11) The provisions in this Schedule relating to the Mayor or deputy Mayor only have effect where the Mayor, or deputy Mayor, as the case may be, are in office.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4(1) 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), 29(9)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4(4)-(6) 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), 29(9)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4(7)(a) 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), 29(9)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4(8)-(10) 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), 29(9)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 9.2.2017, see art. 1(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/126/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:15:28.245323+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."
}