Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
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The legislation places a duty on local authorities to promote understanding of the functions and democratic arrangements of the authority among local people. It establishes the framework for the establishment and functioning of the local authority leaders' boards that have been set up in the eight English Regions outside London.
It allows the creation of appointed combined authorities covering multiple local authority areas, the first of which is the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
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Provisions
Part 3 of the Act provides for the establishment of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), and for the transfer to it of all the boundary-related functions of the Boundary Committee for England of the Electoral Commission.[2] Part 3 also repeals the parts of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 which could have transferred the functions of each of the UK boundary commissions to the Electoral Commission.
Section 59
The following orders have been made under section 59(1):
- The Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1)
- The Northumberland (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2)
- The Cheshire East (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/3)
- The Cheshire West and Chester (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/4)
Combined authorities
Established in 2011
Established in 2014
- Sheffield City Region Combined Authority[3] - Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority[4]
- North East Combined Authority - Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland *West Yorkshire Combined Authority[5]
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority[6]
References
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- The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, as amended from the National Archives.
- The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
- Explanatory notes to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
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- ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 150 of this Act.
- ↑ http://www.lgbce.org.uk/about-us
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