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

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43 Joint committees

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44 Funding

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and article 26 (funding in respect of transport functions – levy), the constituent councils must ensure that the costs of the Combined Authority reasonably attributable to the exercise of its functions are met. (2) Subject to paragraph (4), the constituent councils must meet the costs of the expenditure reasonably incurred by the Mayor in, or in connection with, the exercise of any mayoral function to the extent that the Mayor has not decided to meet these costs from other resources available to the Combined Authority. (3) Any amount payable by each of the constituent councils to ensure that the costs of the Combined Authority referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are met is to be determined by apportioning such costs between the constituent councils in such proportions as they may agree or, in default of such agreement, in equal shares between the constituent councils. (4) In relation to the expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2)— (a) to the extent to which such expenditure is met by amounts payable under arrangements made under paragraph (3)— (i) the Mayor must agree with the Combined Authority the total expenditure mentioned in paragraph (2) in advance of incurring this expenditure; and (ii) in the absence of the agreement specified in paragraph (i), no such expenditure may be incurred; (b) any precept issued in relation to such expenditure under section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 is to be disregarded from any calculation of the costs of the expenditure.

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45 Conferral of the Business Rate Supplements functions

(1) The Combined Authority has, in relation to the Combined Area, functions corresponding to the functions conferred on the Greater London Authority in relation to Greater London by the Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 (“the BRSA”). (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to the function conferred by section 3(5) of the BRSA.

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46 Modification of BRSA in consequence of article 45

For the purposes of article 45, the BRSA (as defined in that article) applies to the Combined Authority as if— (a) references to the Greater London Authority in section 2(1) (levying authorities) and in section 5(2) (prospectus) of the BRSA included references to the Combined Authority; (b) references in that Act to a lower-tier authority include references to a constituent council whose area forms part of the Combined Area.

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47 Other functions

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48 Incidental provisions

(1) The provisions specified in paragraph (2) have effect in relation to the Combined Authority as if the Combined Authority were a local authority for the purposes of those provisions. (2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are— (a) section 113 of the 1972 Act (placing staff at the disposal of other local authorities); (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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49 Modification of section 13 of the 1989 Act

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50 Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013

(1) Column 1 of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 3 (appropriate administering authority) to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) For the entry beginning “An employee of the following combined authorities” substitute— An employee of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority established by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024. .

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51 Data sharing

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SCHEDULE 1 Constitution

Article 6 Membership 1 (1) Each constituent council must appoint to the Combined Authority— (a) one of its elected members to be a member of the Combined Authority (a “Constituent Council Member”); (b) two other elected members, either of whom may act as a member of the Combined Authority in the absence of the Constituent Council Member (a “Substitute Constituent Council Member”). (2) The Combined Authority must appoint as a member of the Combined Authority a person whom it considers to be a representative of business interests within the Combined Area and that person is to be the chair of the Business Board (the “Business Board Member”). (3) The Combined Authority must also appoint a person (the “Substitute Business Board Member”) whom it considers to be a representative of business interests within the Combined Area who is to act as a member of the Combined Authority in the absence of the Business Board Member. (4) The Combined Authority must appoint as a member of the Combined Authority a person (the “CVS Member”) whom it considers to be a representative of the community and voluntary sector within the Combined Area. (5) The Combined Authority must also appoint a person (the “Substitute CVS Member”) whom it considers to be a representative of the community and voluntary sector within the Combined Area who is to act as a member of the Combined Authority in the absence of the CVS Member. (6) A person ceases to be a Constituent Council Member or a Substitute Constituent Council Member if— (a) they resign from the Combined Authority; (b) they cease to be a member of the constituent council that appointed them; (c) the constituent council that appointed them terminates their appointment, and where the appointment is terminated under paragraph (b) or (c) the constituent council must give written notice to the Combined Authority and such termination takes effect at the end of the period of one week beginning with the date on which the notice is given or such longer period (not exceeding one month) as is specified in the notice. (7) Where a person ceases to be a Constituent Council Member or Substitute Constituent Council Member, the constituent council that appointed them must, as soon as reasonably practicable, appoint another of its elected members to be a Constituent Council Member or, as the case may be, Substitute Constituent Council Member and such appointment takes effect at the end of the period of one week beginning with the date on which the notice is given or such longer period (not exceeding one month) as may be specified in the notice. (8) A person ceases to be a Business Board Member or Substitute Business Board Member if— (a) they resign from the Combined Authority; or (b) the Combined Authority terminates their appointment. (9) Where a person ceases to be a Business Board Member or Substitute Business Board Member, the Combined Authority must, as soon as reasonably practicable, appoint another person from the Business Board to fill the vacancy. (10) A person ceases to be a CVS Member or Substitute CVS Member if— (a) they resign from the Combined Authority; or (b) the Combined Authority terminates their appointment. (11) Where a person ceases to be a CVS Member or Substitute CVS Member, the Combined Authority must, as soon as reasonably practicable, appoint another person to be a CVS Member or, as the case may be, Substitute CVS Member. (12) The Mayor must appoint one of the Constituent Council Members to be the Deputy Mayor. (13) Where a Constituent Council Member acts as the Deputy Mayor then one of the Substitute Constituent Council Members appointed by the relevant constituent council may act as its Constituent Council Member in any proceedings of the Combined Authority. (14) For the purposes of this Order, an elected Mayor of a constituent council is to be treated as an elected member of the constituent council. (15) Other than in this paragraph, any reference in this Order to— (a) a Constituent Council Member includes a Substitute Constituent Council Member acting in the absence of the Constituent Council Member; (b) a Business Board Member includes a Substitute Business Board Member acting in the absence of the Business Board Member; (c) a CVS Member includes a Substitute CVS Member acting in the absence of the CVS Member; and (d) the Mayor includes the Deputy Mayor acting in the absence of the Mayor. (16) For the purposes of this Schedule, “Business Board” means an informal group of representatives to be appointed by the Combined Authority, the purpose of which is to share with the Combined Authority the view of business interests in the Combined Area. Proceedings 2 (1) No business may be transacted at a meeting of the Combined Authority unless the following members are present— (a) the Mayor; and (b) five or more Constituent Council Members. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) Where one of the matters described in paragraphs (a) to (e) is put to the vote, that vote will only be carried upon the unanimous support of the Mayor and each of the seven Constituent Council Members— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) agreement to confer upon the Mayor a duty to produce a Spatial Development Strategy; (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) Where under sub-paragraph (7)(c) there has been the necessary unanimous agreement, the adoption of the Spatial Development Strategy requires the support of at least four Constituent Council Members. (9) Reference to a two thirds majority in article 8(4) (combined authority’s decisions on budget) of the Combined Authorities (Finance) Order 2017 as it applies in relation to the Combined Authority is to be read as a reference to a five-sevenths majority of the Constituent Council Members. (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16) The provisions in this Schedule relating to the Mayor only have effect where the Mayor is in office. (17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Majority including the Mayor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remuneration and pensions 4 (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (5), no remuneration is to be payable by the Combined Authority to its members, other than— (a) allowances for travel and subsistence paid in accordance with a scheme drawn up by the Combined Authority; (b) allowances payable in accordance with a scheme made under section 113E of the 2009 Act. (2) A constituent council may, in accordance with its own scheme of allowances, pay a special responsibility allowance to any Constituent Council Member appointed by it to the Combined Authority in respect of duties and responsibilities undertaken as a member of the Combined Authority. (3) The Combined Authority may pay an allowance to the Mayor if— (a) the Combined Authority has considered a report published by an independent remuneration panel established by the Combined Authority or by one or more of the constituent councils under regulation 20 of the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 which contains recommendations for such an allowance; and (b) the allowance paid by the Combined Authority does not exceed the amount specified in the recommendation made by the independent remuneration panel. (4) The Combined Authority may also make payments to a member of a constituent council in accordance with an order made under paragraph 3(2)(aa) (power by order to make further provision about overview and scrutiny committees) or 4(3)(c) (power by order to make further provision about audit committees) of Schedule 5A (combined authorities: overview and scrutiny committees and audit committees) to the 2009 Act. (5) Where the Combined Authority pays a relevant allowance to a person— (a) that person is entitled to a pension paid in accordance with a scheme established under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013; (b) that allowance is to be treated as an amount in respect of which such a pension is payable under that scheme; and (c) the Combined Authority must make such payments as may be required in respect of pension payable to a person in relation to that allowance. (6) In sub-paragraph (5), “relevant allowance” means— (a) an allowance, payable under sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) to any person referred to in those sub-paragraphs, which is not an allowance for travel and subsistence; (b) an allowance payable in accordance with a scheme made under section 113E of the 2009 Act. The combined authority’s overview and scrutiny committee 5 (1) The Combined Authority must appoint an overview and scrutiny committee that includes an equal number of members from each constituent council. (2) An overview and scrutiny committee appointed by the Combined Authority must not include any Constituent Council Member, or Substitute Constituent Council Member, of the Combined Authority. (3) The Combined Authority must appoint an appropriate person to be the chair of the committee. The Combined Authority’s Audit Committee 6 The Combined Authority must appoint an Audit Committee that includes— (a) an equal number of members from each constituent council; and (b) one independent person appointed by the Combined Authority who is to chair the Audit Committee. Records 7 (1) The Combined Authority must make arrangements for the names of members and substitute members present at any meeting to be recorded. (2) Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of the Combined Authority, or any committee or sub-committee of the Combined Authority, are to be kept in such form as the Combined Authority may determine. (3) Any such minutes are to be signed at the same or next suitable meeting of the Combined Authority, committee or sub-committee as the case may be, by the person presiding at the meeting. (4) Any minute purporting to be signed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) is to be received in evidence without further proof. (5) Until the contrary is proved, a meeting of the Combined Authority, committee or sub-committee, a minute of whose proceedings has been signed in accordance with this paragraph, is deemed to have been duly convened and held, and all the members and substitute members present at the meeting are deemed to have been duly qualified. (6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) the next suitable meeting is the next following meeting or, where standing orders made by the Combined Authority provide for another meeting of the authority, committee or sub-committee, to be regarded as suitable, either the next following meeting or that other meeting. Standing orders 8 The Combined Authority may make standing orders for the regulation of its proceedings and business and may vary or revoke any such orders.

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SCHEDULE 2 Adaptation of certain transport-related legislation

Article 20(6) and 22(4) PART 1 Amendment of miscellaneous transport-related legislation Amendments to the Transport Act 1968 1 In section 9 of the Transport Act 1968 (areas, authorities, and executives)— (a) in subsection (1)(b)(ia), omit “(except as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ib))”; (b) omit subsection (1)(b)(ib); (c) for subsection (1)(c)(ie) substitute— (ie) in relation to the area of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive; ; (d) omit subsections (6C) and (6D). Amendments to the Transport Levying Bodies Regulations 1992 2 (1) The Transport Levying Bodies Regulations 1992 are amended as follows. (2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) omit the definitions of “the 2014 Order” and “the 2018 Order”; (b) in the definition of “combined authority”— (i) omit “(ae),”; and (ii) for “(ai)” substitute “(aj)”. (3) In regulation 3 (application)— (a) omit paragraphs (ae) and (ai); (b) after paragraph (ai) insert— (aj) the North East Mayoral Combined Authority established by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024; . (4) In regulation 7 (apportionment of levies), in paragraph (4)— (a) omit sub-paragraphs (ab) and (ae); (b) after sub-paragraph (ae) insert— (af) in the case of the levies to be issued pursuant to article 26 of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024, in accordance with regulation 7B; . (5) For regulation 7B (calculation and apportionment of levies issued by the Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority and the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority) substitute— Calculation and apportionment of levies issued by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority 7B. (1) The amounts of the levies to be issued by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (“the Authority”) under article 26(2) of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024 (“the 2024 Order”) to their constituent councils for the financial year 2025 to 2026, or any subsequent financial year, are to be determined by the Authority in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. (2) The Authority must apportion the estimated relevant expenditure of the Authority for the financial year in question between— (a) expenditure which the Authority estimates will be attributable to the exercise of the Authority’s functions in relation to the county of Tyne and Wear (“the Tyne and Wear component”); (b) expenditure which the Authority estimates will be attributable to the exercise of the Authority’s functions in relation to the county of Durham (“the Durham component”); and (c) expenditure which the Authority estimates will be attributable to the exercise of the Authority’s functions in relation to the county of Northumberland (“the Northumberland component”). (3) The Tyne and Wear component must be met by means of the levy issued to the councils for the local government areas of Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland under article 26(2)(a) of the 2024 Order. (4) The Durham component must be met by means of the levy issued to Durham County Council under article 26(2)(b) of the 2024 Order. (5) The Northumberland component must be met by means of the levy issued to Northumberland County Council under article 26(2)(c) of the 2024 Order. (6) Where, in respect of any financial year, the Authority estimates that the apportionment of its actual expenditure between the Tyne and Wear component, Durham component and Northumberland component will differ from that estimated under paragraph (2), the Authority must make appropriate adjustments to its estimates under paragraph (2) for the following financial year. (7) Those adjustments must be made with a view to ensuring that, so far as practicable and taking one year with another, the proportions in which relevant expenditure is met by the levies referred to in paragraph (3) to (5) reflect the actual expenditure of the Authority on the Tyne and Wear component, Durham component and Northumberland component. (8) The proportions in which the levy issued to the councils under paragraph (3) is to be shared among those councils are to be determined in the same way as proportions determined under regulation 7(3) in the case of a levy issued by an integrated transport authority. . Amendment of the Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018 3 In regulation 2 of the Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018, in the definition of “constituent authorities”— (a) omit “The Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority”; (b) omit “Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority”; (c) insert in the appropriate place— North East Mayoral Combined Authority . PART 2 Permit schemes: modification of Part 3 of the TMA 4 (1) Part 3 of the TMA is modified as follows. (2) Section 33A (implementation of permit schemes of strategic highways companies and local highway authorities in England) has effect as if— (a) subsection (1) were omitted; (b) for subsection (2) there were substituted— (2) A permit scheme prepared in accordance with section 33(1) or (2) by the Combined Authority shall not have effect in the Combined Area unless the Combined Authority gives effect to it by order. ; and (c) subsection (3) were omitted. (3) Section 36 (variation and revocation of permit schemes) has effect as if, for subsections (1) to (3) there were substituted— (1) The Combined Authority may by order vary or revoke a permit scheme to the extent that it has effect in the Combined Area by virtue of an order made by the Combined Authority under section 33A(2). (2) The Secretary of State may direct the Combined Authority to vary or revoke a permit scheme by an order under subsection (1). (3) An order made by the Combined Authority under subsection (1) may vary or revoke an order made by the Combined Authority under section 33A(2), or an order previously made by the Combined Authority under subsection (1). .

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SCHEDULE 5 Spatial development strategy

Article 38 PART 1 Modification of the application of Part 8 of the 1999 Act 1 (1) Part 8 of the 1999 Act (planning) is modified in accordance with the following provisions. (2) Part 8 of the 1999 Act has effect as if— (a) sections 344 (amendments of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990), 345 (Town and Country Planning Act 1990: costs of appeals) and 349 (abolition of joint planning committee for Greater London) were omitted; (b) for each reference to— (i) “Greater London” there were substituted a reference to “the Combined Area”; (ii) “the Mayor” there were substituted a reference to “the Combined Authority”; (iii) “he” there were substituted a reference to “the Combined Authority”, save for the reference in section 337(6) (publication); (iv) “under section 343” there were substituted “relating to the Combined Authority under section 343”. (3) Section 334 of the 1999 Act (the spatial development strategy) has effect as if— (a) in subsection (3) for “his” there were substituted “its”; (b) for subsection (4) there were substituted— (4) The spatial development strategy must include statements dealing with the general spatial development aspects of such of the Combined Authority’s other policies or proposals as involve considerations of spatial development. . (4) Section 335 of the 1999 Act (public participation) has effect as if— (a) in subsection (2)(a) for “his” there were substituted “its”; (b) subsection (3)(aa) were omitted; (c) in subsection (3)(b), for “London borough council” there were substituted “constituent council”; (d) in subsection (4), for the words from “bodies of each” to the end there were substituted— — (a) voluntary bodies some or all of whose activities benefit the whole or part of the Combined Area; (b) bodies which represent the interests of different racial, ethnic or national groups in the Combined Area; (c) bodies which represent the interests of different religious groups in the Combined Area; and (d) bodies which represent the interests of different persons carrying on business in the Combined Area. ; (e) for subsection (8) there were substituted— (8) In this section “the prescribed period” means such period as may be prescribed by, or determined in accordance with, regulations relating to the Combined Authority made under section 343 below. . (5) Section 336 of the 1999 Act (withdrawal) has effect as if in subsection (3)— (a) paragraph (a) were omitted; and (b) paragraph (b) were omitted. (6) Section 338 of the 1999 Act (examination in public) has effect as if in subsection (9) for “The Authority” there were substituted “The North East Mayor”. (7) Section 339 (review of matters affecting the strategy) has effect as if in subsection (2) for “his” there were substituted “its”. (8) Section 342 of the 1999 Act (matters to which the Mayor is to have regard) has effect as if— (a) for subsection (1) there were substituted— (1) In exercising its functions under the preceding provisions of this Part, the Combined Authority must have regard to— (a) the National Planning Policy Framework; (b) the effect that the proposed spatial development strategy or revision would have on— (i) the health of persons in the Combined Area; (ii) health inequalities between persons living in the Combined Area; (iii) the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom; (iv) climate change and the consequences of climate change; (v) the need to ensure that the strategy is consistent with national policies; and (c) such other matters as the Secretary of State may prescribe. ; and (b) subsection (2) were omitted. (9) Section 347 of the 1999 Act (functional bodies to have regard to the strategy) has effect as if for that section there were substituted— Constituent councils to have regard to the strategy 347. In exercising any function, each of the constituent councils and the Combined Authority must have regard to the spatial development strategy, but this is without prejudice to sections 15CA(2) and 15CC(7) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (which require a document which is to be or form part of a minerals and waste plan, a local plan and a supplementary plan to be in general conformity with the strategy). . (10) Section 348 of the 1999 Act (Mayor’s functions as to planning around Greater London)has effect as if— (a) in subsections (1), (2) and (3) for “his” there were substituted “its”; (b) in subsection (3), for “London borough councils” there were substituted “constituent councils”; and (c) in subsection (4), for “the Authority” there were substituted “the Combined Authority”. (11) Section 350 of the 1999 Act (interpretation of Part 8) has effect as if— (a) the following definitions were inserted, in the appropriate places— “the Combined Area” means the area of the Combined Authority as specified in article 2 of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024; ; “the Combined Authority” means the Combined Authority established by the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024; ; “constituent councils” has the meaning given in article 2 of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024; ; “the North East Mayor” is the person elected to the position established by article 14 of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024; ; (b) subsection (2) were omitted. PART 2 Modification of the application of the 2004 Act 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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