Part 2: Local Democracy and Devolution Requirements in connection with regulations about CCAs Section 48: Requirements for changes to existing arrangements relating to CCA Effect
Subsections (1) and (2) specify that the Secretary of State may make regulations under sections 10, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33 for an existing CCA if, having regard to the submitted proposal, the Secretary of State considers that doing so is likely to improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of some or all of the people who live or work in the area; has regard to the need to secure effective local government and to reflect the identities and interests of local communities; that the making of the regulations will achieve the proposal’s purpose; and public consultation on the proposal has been carried out.
	Subsection (3) provides that the Secretary of State must undertake a public consultation on the changes to the arrangements of the CCA unless they are satisfied that no further public consultation is necessary following a proposal having been prepared under section 47, a public consultation undertaken on it and the summary of responses provided to the Secretary of State.
	Subsections (4) and (5) provide that, when the Secretary of State is considering making regulations under section 25 changing the boundaries of a CCA and part of the area to be created is separated from the rest of it by one or more local government areas not within the area of the CCA or the middle of the CCA’s area to be created contains a local government area that is not part of the CCA, the Secretary of State must have regard to the likely effect of the change of the CCA’s boundaries on the exercise of functions in those local government areas and any other local government area next to the proposed CCA’s area to be created.
	Subsection (6) provides that this section does not apply to regulations made section 25(1)(b) as a result of the duty to remove a non-consenting constituent council from a CCA where they have not consented to a CCA becoming mayoral.