1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Establishment of a combined authority for the West of England; election of the Mayor; funding

    1. 3.Establishment

    2. 4.Constitution

    3. 5.Mayor

    4. 6.Funding

  4. PART 3 Transport

    1. 7.Power to pay grant

    2. 8.Local transport

    3. 9.Agreements between authorities and strategic highways companies

  5. PART 4 Planning

    1. 10.Spatial development strategy

    2. 11.Adaptation of enactments in consequence of article 10

    3. 12.Planning applications of potential strategic importance

  6. PART 5 Mayoral development corporations

    1. 13.Conferral of functions on the Combined Authority

    2. 14.Application of provisions in the 2011 Act

    3. 15.Incidental provisions

    4. 16.Section 5 of the 1989 Act (designation and reports of...

    5. 17.Section 32 of the 2003 Act applies in relation to...

  7. PART 6 Housing and regeneration

    1. 18.Conferral of functions corresponding to functions that the HCA has in relation to the Area

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

    3. 20.Condition on the exercise of the functions conferred by articles 18 and 19

    4. 21.Application of provisions of the 1985 Act, the 1990 Act and the 2008 Act

  8. PART 7 Functions of the Combined Authority exercisable only by the Mayor; political advisers

    1. 22.General functions of the Combined Authority exercisable only by the Mayor

    2. 23.Political advisers

  9. PART 8 Additional functions

    1. 24.General power of competence

    2. 25.Economic development and regeneration functions

    3. 26.Incidental provisions

    4. 27.(1) The Combined Authority has the power to exercise any...

    5. 28.Section 13 of the 1989 Act (voting rights of members...

    6. 29.In Part 2 of Schedule 3 (pension funds) to the...

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. 1.Membership

      2. 2.Chair and vice-chair

      3. 3.(1) The Combined Authority must appoint a vice-chair from among...

      4. 4.Proceedings

      5. 5.Overview and scrutiny committees

      6. 6.Records

      7. 7.Standing orders

      8. 8.Remuneration

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Spatial development strategy

      1. PART 1

        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...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Modification of the application of Part 8 of the 2011 Act

      1. 1.(1) Part 8 of the 2011 Act (Mayoral development corporations)...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Modification of the application of Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the 2008 Act

      1. 1.(1) Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Economic development and regeneration functions

      1. 1.The functions of the constituent councils under section 1 of...

      2. 2.The power under section 144 of the Local Government Act...

      3. 3.The duties under sections 15ZA, 15ZB, 15ZC, 17 and 18A(1)(b)...

      4. 4.The duty under section 69 of the 2009 Act (duty...

  12. Explanatory Note