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2026 No. 517

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Order 2026

Made

at 12.05 p.m. on 14th May 2026

Laid before Parliament

at 3.00 p.m. on 14th May 2026

Coming into force

4th June 2026

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 5BA to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009(1) and paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 2A to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023(2).

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Order 2026.

(2) This Order comes into force on 4th June 2026.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2017

2.—(1) The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2017(3) is amended as follows.

(2) After article 16 (independent remuneration panels) insert—

Relevant remuneration panels in relation to payment of allowances to commissioners

17. An independent remuneration panel established by a combined authority or combined county authority, as the case may be, in accordance with article 16(1)(b) is specified as a relevant remuneration panel for the purposes of—

(a)in relation to a combined authority, paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 5BA to the 2009 Act;

(b)in relation to a combined county authority, paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 2A to the 2023 Act.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Taylor of Stevenage

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

at 12.05 p.m. on 14th May 2026

(1)

2009 c. 20. Schedule 5BA was inserted by section 9(7) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23).

(2)

2023 c. 55. Schedule 2A was inserted by section 9(7) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23).

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