Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15AI: Effect of creation of combined authority in joint strategy area Effect
Subsection (1) applies this section if an order is made under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 establishing a combined authority the area of which includes, or is the same as, the area of a participating authority.
	Subsections (2) to (4) provide that if a new combined authority is created prior to when a joint SDS is published for consultation and at least two of the joint SDS participating authorities are outside the area of the combined authority, then each of the participating authorities within the new combined authority are deemed to be no longer participating in the joint SDS. If none or only one of the joint SDS participating authorities is/are outside the area of the new combined authority, then production of the joint SDS must cease.
	Subsections (5) to (7) provide that if a new combined authority is created after a joint SDS has been published for consultation but before it has become operative and at least two of the joint SDS participating authorities are outside the area of the combined authority, then each of the participating authorities within the new combined authority are deemed to be no longer participating in the joint SDS and to have rescinded any resolution to adopt the strategy. If none or only one of the joint SDS participating authorities is/are outside the area of the new combined authority, then production of the joint SDS must cease.
	Subsections (8) to (10) set out the procedure if a joint SDS is operative and a combined authority adopts an SDS that overlaps with the strategy area of the joint SDS. If at least two of the joint SDS participating authorities are outside the area of the combined authority, then each participating authority within the new combined authority area are deemed to have withdrawn from the joint SDS once the combined authority’s SDS is adopted. If none or only one of the joint SDS participating authorities is/are outside the area of the combined authority, then the joint SDS is deemed to have been withdrawn once the combined authority’s SDS is adopted.
	Subsection (11) provides that once a decision has been made to withdraw an SDS, prior to adoption, the fact that it was published for consultation can be disregarded for the purposes of subsections (2) and (5).