Part 2: Local Democracy and Devolution Requirements in connection with regulations about CCAs Section 45: Proposal for new CCA Effect
Subsections (1) provides that one or more relevant authorities (defined in subsection (2)) can prepare and submit a proposal to the Secretary of State for a CCA to be established over a proposed area (defined in subsection (3)).
	Subsection (4) provides that, prior to submitting a proposal for a CCA to the Secretary of State, the authority or authorities must undertake a public consultation on the proposal in the proposed CCA area and consider the consultation responses in the proposal.
	Subsection (5) provides that the requirements in subsection (4) – the public consultation on a proposal and the consideration of the responses in the proposal– can be undertaken prior to this section coming into force.
	Subsection (6) states that, if the proposal is not being submitted by all of the authorities who would be consistent members of the CCA, those authorities must consent to the proposal being submitted to the Secretary of State. For example, one upper tier local authority within the proposed CCA area could draw up and submit the proposal on behalf of the other upper tier local authorities within the proposed CCA area if they consent to the proposal being submitted.
	Subsection (7) provides that a proposal must specify what the establishment of a CCA would achieve.
	Subsection (8) enables the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out what information and materials must be included in or submitted with a proposal for a CCA.