Chapter 2: Other Provision Combined authorities Section 65: Proposal for establishment of combined authority Background
This section makes amendments to the 2009 Act, to replace the governance review and scheme processes in sections 108 and 109 with a new procedure in section 109A and section 110 to allow one or more authorities in a local government area to prepare and submit a proposal to the Secretary of State for a new combined authority. This is in line with the procedures for local authorities wishing to establish a combined county authority.