Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

111 Review by authorities: existing combined authority

(1) Any one or more of the authorities to whom this section applies may undertake, in relation to an existing combined authority, a review of one or more combined matters.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) a combined authority;

(b) a county council whose area, or part of whose area, is within an area of a combined authority or could be within a proposed area of a combined authority;

(c) a district council whose area is within an area of a combined authority or could be within a proposed area of a combined authority.

(3) For the purposes of this section a “combined matter” is—

(a) a matter in relation to which an order may be made under any of sections 104 to 107;

(b) in relation to the combined authority or any executive body of the combined authority, where that body exists at the time of the review, a matter concerning the combined authority or the executive body that the combined authority has power to determine.

(4) The review must relate to one or more areas of a combined authority or proposed areas of a combined authority.

(5) In this section and section 112 a “proposed area of a combined authority” means an area of a combined authority that may be created by an order under section 106 (changes to boundaries of a combined authority’s area).