The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, and extent

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Establishment

   1. 3. Dissolution of the combined areas of Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland and Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland and the abolition of their respective combined authorities

   2. 4. Abolition of the Joint Transport Committee

   3. 5. Establishment of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority

   4. 6. Constitution of the Combined Authority

4. PART 3 Transfer of Functions, Property, Rights, Assets and Liabilities and associated provision

   1. 7. Transfer of property, assets, rights and liabilities

   2. 8. Transfer of functions

   3. 9. Continuity provision

   4. 10. Extension of financial year of the Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority and the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority

   5. 11. Statutory Officers

   6. 12. Pension liabilities

5. PART 4 Election of Mayor

   1. 13. Cancellation of the election for the mayor of the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority in 2024

   2. 14. The Mayor

   3. 15. The Mayor’s first and subsequent terms of office

   4. 16. Modification of the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017

   5. 17. Political adviser

6. PART 5 Transport

   1. 18. Passenger Transport Executive

   2. 19. Transfer of functions etc. relating to transport

   3. 20. Adaptation of enactments

   4. 21. Agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies

   5. 22. Permit schemes

   6. 23. Promoting road safety

   7. 24. Grants to bus service operators

   8. 25. Bus lane contraventions

   9. 26. Funding in respect of transport functions – levy

   10. 27. Power to pay grant - general

   11. 28. Modification of the 2000 Act - implementation of the local transport plan

7. PART 6 Education, Skills and Training

   1. 29. Adult education functions of the Secretary of State transferred to the Combined Authority in relation to the Combined Area

   2. 30. Functions of the Secretary of State to be exercisable concurrently with the Combined Authority in relation to the Combined Area

   3. 31. Conditions on the exercise of functions mentioned in articles 29 and 30

   4. 32. Modification of provisions in ASCLA

   5. 33. Functions of the constituent councils to be exercised concurrently with the Combined Authority

8. PART 7 Housing, regeneration and planning

   1. 34. Conferral of functions corresponding to functions that the Homes and Communities Agency has in relation to the Combined Area

   2. 35. Acquisition and appropriation of land for planning and public purposes

   3. 36. Application of provisions of the HA 1985, the 1990 Act and the 2008 Act

   4. 37. Spatial development strategy

   5. 38. Adaptation of enactments in consequence of article 37

9. PART 8 Mayoral development corporations

   1. 39. Mayoral development corporations

   2. 40. Application of provisions in the 2011 Act

   3. 41. Mayoral development corporation: incidental provisions

10. PART 9 Mayoral functions and funding

    1. 42. Functions

    2. 43. Joint committees

    3. 44. Funding

    4. 45. Conferral of the Business Rate Supplements functions

    5. 46. Modification of BRSA in consequence of article 45

11. PART 10 Additional functions and incidental provision

    1. 47. Other functions

    2. 48. Incidental provisions

    3. 49. Modification of section 13 of the 1989 Act

    4. 50. Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013

    5. 51. Data sharing

12. Signature

13. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Constitution

       1. 1. Membership

       2. 2. Proceedings

       3. 3. Majority including the Mayor

       4. 4. Remuneration

       5. 5. The combined authority’s overview and scrutiny committee

       6. 6. The Combined Authority’s Audit Committee

       7. 7. Records

       8. 8. Standing orders

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Adaptation of certain transport-related legislation

       1. PART 1 Amendment of miscellaneous transport-related legislation

          1. 1. Amendments to the Transport Act 1968

          2. 2. Amendments to the Transport Levying Bodies Regulations 1992

          3. 3. Amendment of the Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018

       2. PART 2 Permit schemes: modification of Part 3 of the TMA

          1. 4. (1) Part 3 of the TMA is modified as follows....

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Modification of provisions in ASCLA in their application in relation to the Combined Authority

       1. 1. All references to provisions in this Schedule are to provisions...

       2. 2. Section 86 has effect as if— (a) in subsection (1),...

       3. 3. Section 87 has effect as if for each reference to...

       4. 4. Section 88 has effect as if in subsections (1), (2)(b),...

       5. 5. Section 90 has effect as if— (a) in subsection (1),...

       6. 6. Section 100 has effect as if— (a) in subsection (1),...

       7. 7. Section 101 has effect as if for each reference to...

       8. 8. Section 103 has effect as if— (a) for the reference...

       9. 9. Section 115 has effect as if— (a) for the reference...

       10. 10. Section 121 has effect as if— (a) in subsection (1),...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Modification of the 2008 Act

       1. PART 1 Modification of the application of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the 2008 Act

          1. 1. (1) Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of Part 1 of...

       2. PART 2 Modification of the application of Schedules 2 to 4 to the 2008 Act

          1. 2. (1) Schedules 2 to 4 to the 2008 Act apply...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Spatial development strategy

       1. PART 1 Modification of the application of Part 8 of the 1999 Act

          1. 1. (1) Part 8 of the 1999 Act (planning) is modified...

       2. PART 2 Modification of the application of the 2004 Act

          1. 2. (1) Sections 19 (preparation of local development documents), 24 (conformity...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Modification of the application of Part 8 of the 2011 Act

       1. 1. Modification of the application of Part 8 of the 2011 Act

14. Explanatory Note