Commentary Part 6: Economic Prosperity Boards and Combined Authorities Section 112 – Preparation and publication of scheme: existing combined authority
252.Section 112 enables authorities to prepare a scheme if one or more of the authorities who have conducted a section 111 review conclude that the exercise of statutory transport or economic development and regeneration functions, the effectiveness and efficiency of transport, or the economic conditions in an existing or proposed area of a combined authority would be likely to be improved by the making of an order under any one or more of sections 104, 105, 106 and 107 (relating to the constitutional arrangements, functions, funding, boundaries and dissolution of the combined authority).