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

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2026/517
Year2026

2026 No. 517

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

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

Made 14th May 2026

Laid before Parliament 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 20091and paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 2A to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 20232.

S-1 Citation, commencement and extent

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.

S-2 Amendment of the Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2017

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 20173is amended as follows.

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

Relevant remuneration panels in relation to payment of allowances to commissioners17. 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...

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