(1)For the purposes of section 31, expenditure of a Mayoral development corporation for an area in the area of a combined authority or CCA shall be treated as expenditure of the combined authority or CCA.
(2)The conditions on which grant under section 31 may be paid include, in the case of a grant to a combined authority or CCA, a condition requiring the combined authority or CCA to transfer the grant to the Mayoral development corporation.
(3)A decision to pay a grant under section 31 subject to such a condition as is mentioned in subsection (2) above shall be notified to the Mayoral development corporation as well as to the combined authority or CCA.
(4)Where a grant paid under section 31 to a combined authority or CCA is paid subject to such a condition as is mentioned in subsection (2) above, the combined authority or CCA must transfer the grant to the Mayoral development corporation forthwith.
(5)Where a grant paid under section 31 to a combined authority or CCA is not paid subject to such a condition as is mentioned in subsection (2) above, the Mayor may transfer the grant to a Mayoral development corporation.
(6)Where grant under section 31 is transferred under this section to a Mayoral development corporation, any conditions to which the grant is subject shall apply to the transferee instead of the transferor.
(7)In this section—
“CCA” means a combined county authority established under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
“combined authority” means a combined authority established under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 32B inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 20 para. 21 (with s. 102)