Part 2: Local Democracy and Devolution Requirements in connection with regulations about CCAs Section 47: Proposal for changes to existing arrangements relating to CCA Effect
Subsection (1) and (2) provide that one or more relevant authorities – an existing CCA, a county council whose area is within an existing or proposed area of a CCA, and a unitary district council whose area is within an existing or proposed area of a CCA – can prepare a proposal for the making of regulations under sections 10, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33 for an existing CCA and submit the proposal to the Secretary of State. In the case of regulations under section 25, the authority seeking to join the CCA could prepare the proposal.
	Subsection (3) provides that, prior to submitting a proposal under this section to the Secretary of State, the authority or authorities must undertake a public consultation on the proposal in the proposed CCA area – and the area which they are seeking to add to a CCA area in such an instance - and consider the consultation responses in the proposal.
	Subsection (4) provides that the requirements in subsection (3) – 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.
	Subsections (5), (6) and (7) provides that every party who would have to consent to the making of regulations being requested in the proposal has to consent to the proposals prior to it being submitted to the Secretary of State. An authority’s submitting of a proposal to the Secretary of State is to be treated as them having consented to the proposal.
	Subsection (8) provides that a proposal must specify what the establishment of a CCA would achieve.
	Subsection (9) enables the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out what information and materials must be included in or submitted with a proposal under this section. For example, this could include a summary of consultation responses, how it will affect the delivery of public services in the area, and any required amends to the decision-making process, including voting rights.