1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017.
(2) Save as provided in paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on—
(a)1st February 2017; or
(b)if the Order is made on or after 1st February 2017, on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) Articles 7 and 12 come into force on 8th May 2017.
2. In this Order—
“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(1);
“the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 2000(2);
“the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 2003(3);
“the 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011(4);
“Area” means the area consisting of the areas of the constituent councils;
“Combined Authority” means the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority as constituted by article 3;
“constituent councils” means the councils for the local government areas of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough and South Cambridgeshire;
“Local Enterprise Partnership” means the board of the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership Limited(5);
“Mayor” means the mayor for the Combined Authority as provided for by article 5; and
“upper-tier authority” means Cambridgeshire County Council or Peterborough City Council.
The Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership is registered as a company limited by guarantee, Company No: 07553554.