The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2017

[^key-9e27d9106cd191354a4aaa7d56189987]: Words in art. 14(3) inserted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(c)

[^key-a34a979856faa4b51bb81b3d0b749c4f]: Words in art. 14(4)(a) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(d)(i)

[^key-9036af2d3cad6323e428c82769183260]: Art. 14(4)(b) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(d)(ii)

[^key-40954f8f2d183bf720b596cb6edc2cdf]: Words in art. 14(4)(d)(i) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(d)(iii)(aa)

[^key-798f7d88008492ac006e1f10d103085e]: Art. 14(4)(d)(ii) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(d)(iii)(bb)

[^key-e2978805c7c4d750ae017eeddd391ea5]: Words in art. 14(5)(a) inserted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(e)(i)

[^key-504ebc3a9562f855fd90b3ffc0efe17e]: Word in art. 14(5)(b) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(e)(ii)

[^key-e81f33a72663ddd978acb1bf1e8eb7b8]: Word in art. 14(5)(c) substituted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(e)(ii)

[^key-edb81a900b62341360779fa5367529bb]: Words in art. 14(7) inserted (7.5.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(b)(ii), 16(f)

[^key-5b678d876aea5d7a996f7288b6da491d]: Art. 16(2)(a) applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/115), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7(2)

[^key-bff7bc46dfc59a5d7f1805ab120b7509]: Art. 16(2)(a) applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/117), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(2)

[^key-afcd83b60123e7d34940e2af70047549]: Art. 16(2)(a) applied (with modifications) (5.2.2025) by The Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/118), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7(2)

[^M_F_00a1faaf-76e7-4b64-9ab2-da46dec51691]: Art. 15 inserted (27.3.2024 in relation to combined authorities, 7.5.2024 in relation to combined county authorities) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(a)(ii)(b)(i), 17

[^M_F_47bebe8a-e407-449c-90d1-5b6840467bd7]: Art. 10A inserted (27.3.2024 in relation to combined authorities, 7.5.2024 in relation to combined county authorities) by The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/430), regs. 1(2)(a)(ii)(b)(i), 12

[^key-c4c3e79ef940f436df64353d7c6a713a]: Art. 16(2)(a) applied (with modifications) (24.2.2026) by The Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/158), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(4)

[^key-c1d28826d8cbc42af0d3f4699beaf4d4]: Art. 16(2)(a) applied (with modifications) (24.2.2026) by The Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/159), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(4)

Payment of overview and scrutiny committee members

10A

• (1) A combined authority or, as the case may be, a combined county authority, may pay an allowance to a member of a constituent council who is appointed to an overview and scrutiny committee of that authority.

• (2) Any such allowance may only be paid after the authority has considered a report published by an independent remuneration panel containing recommendations for the payment of allowances to members of an overview and scrutiny committee, and any allowance paid must not exceed the amount recommended by that panel.

• (3) In this article references to an overview and scrutiny committee include references to any sub-committee of such a committee.

Payment of audit committee members

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• (1) A combined authority or, as the case may be, a combined county authority, may pay an allowance to a member of a constituent council who is appointed to the audit committee of that authority.

• (2) Any such allowance may only be paid after the authority has considered a report published by an independent remuneration panel containing recommendations for the payment of allowances to members of the audit committee, and any allowance paid must not exceed the amount recommended by that panel.

PART 5 — Independent Remuneration Panels

Independent remuneration panels

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• (1) An independent remuneration panel is—

• (a) a panel established by one or more of the combined authority’s, or combined county authority’s, constituent councils, under regulation 20 of the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, or

• (b) a panel established by the combined authority or combined county authority to make recommendations to that authority about allowances paid in accordance with articles 10A (payment of overview and scrutiny committee members) and 15 (payment of audit committee members).

• (2) An independent remuneration panel established in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) must consist of at least three members none of whom—

• (a) is also a member of the combined authority or, as the case may be, the combined county authority, or is a member of a committee or sub-committee of that authority; or

• (b) is disqualified from being or becoming a member of that authority.

• (3) The independent remuneration panel may be a panel established to make recommendations to the combined authority or, as the case may be, combined county authority about other allowances payable by that authority.

• (4) An independent remuneration panel established by the combined authority or combined county authority in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) may be used by that authority to make recommendations about other allowances payable by the authority.

• (5) The combined authority or, as the case may be, combined county authority, may pay the expenses of an independent remuneration panel in carrying out its functions and may pay the members of the panel such allowances or expenses as that authority may determine.

Duty of combined authority or combined county authority and mayor to respond to overview and scrutiny committee