The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017

PART 1 General

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017.

(2) Save as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) Parts 2 and 3 and articles 14, 15, and 16(2) and (4) come into force on 8th May 2017.

(4) Part 4 comes into force on 1st April 2018.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(1);

“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999(2);

“the 2000 Act” means the Transport Act 2000(3);

“the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 2003(4);

“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

“the 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011(5);

“the 2011 Order” means the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011(6);

“the Area” means the area of the GMCA;

“constituent councils” means the district councils for the local government areas of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan;

“Corporation” means a corporation established by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions in section 198 of the 2011 Act, as modified by the Schedule to this Order, following the designation of an area of land by the GMCA;

“GMCA” means the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, a body corporate established by the 2011 Order(7);

“GMWDA” means the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority established by the Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985(8); and

“the Mayor” means the mayor for the Area(9), except in the term “the Mayor of London”.

(1)

1989 c. 42.

(2)

1999 c. 29.

(3)

2000 c. 38.

(4)

2003 c. 26.

(5)

2011 c. 20.

(6)

S.I. 2011/908.

(7)

Article 3(2) of the 2011 Order provides that “the combined authority is to be a body corporate and to be known as the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (“the GMCA”)”.

(8)

S.I. 1985/1884.

(9)

Article 3 of S.I. 2016/448 provides for there to be a mayor for the area of the GMCA.