Issue - decisions

Devolution - consent to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 on behalf of the Combined Authority and Constituent Councils

31/03/2021 - Devolution - consent to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 on behalf of the Combined Authority and Constituent Councils

Following the meeting of the Combined Authority on 27th November 2020, the Combined Authority resolved to delegate authority to the Managing Director of the Combined Authority, in consultation with the Leader and Chief Executive of each Constituent Council and the Chair of the Combined Authority, to finalise and consent to the final draft of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority
(Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (the Order) further to any technical issues which may arise.
The Constituent Councils had previously also delegated authority to the Managing Director to finalise and consent to the final draft of the Order further to any technical issues which may arise, on the same terms at meetings in November 2020.
Further to consideration of the draft Order at the meetings in November, further amendments were proposed by Government, and the Managing Director has consulted the Leader and Chief Executive of each Constituent Council and the Chair of the Combined Authority about those proposed amendments. No objections were raised during this consultation to any of the proposed amendments.
The Managing Director has finalised and consented to the final draft of the Order on behalf of the Combined Authority and the Constituent Councils, attached as Appendix 1 to this report.