Chapter 2: Other Provision Combined authorities New section 112A: Proposal for changes to existing combined arrangements
Subsection (3) inserts new section 112A into the 2009 Act.
	Subsection (1) provides that one or more authorities can prepare and submit a proposal to the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (2) defines the authorities who can submit the proposal.
	Subsection (3) sets out the process that the authority or authorities submitting the proposal must undertake before the proposal is submitted.
	Subsections (4) (5), (6), (7) and (8) set out the consent arrangements in respect of the proposal.
	Subsection (9) provides that the proposal must set out what will be achieved by the changes to the combined authority.
	Subsection (10) allows the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out what information and materials must be included in or submitted with a proposal.
	Subsection (11) allows regulations under this subsection to make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or saving provision.
	Subsections (4), (5) and (6) amend the statutory tests the Secretary of State must consider when assessing a proposal for a combined authority by amending section 113 of the 2009 Act.
	Subsections (7), (8) and (9) make changes to section 113 of the 2009 Act that apply the new statutory tests to these sections.
	Subsections (10) and (11) ensure that the new proposal process does not apply to or affect an area that had already commenced a governance review and scheme under sections 111 or 112 of the 2009 Act before this section comes into force, and the making of an order in relation to such an area.
	Subsection (12) ensures that any consultation carried out before the Act is passed can satisfy the requirement to consult under section 113(2) of the 2009 Act.