The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the training of persons who may exercise relevant mayoral planning functions in their exercise of such relevant mayoral planning functions as are prescribed.
Such regulations must provide for satisfactory completion of the training to be evidenced by a certificate valid for a prescribed period (a "certificate of completion").
A mayor is prohibited from exercising the prescribed relevant mayoral planning functions without a valid certificate of completion.
A person who is authorised (by or under any enactment or by arrangements made by a mayor) to exercise a prescribed relevant mayoral planning function on behalf of a mayor is prohibited from exercising such a function, or being involved in the exercise of such a function as a member of a committee or any other body, without a valid certificate of completion.
Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—
The validity of anything done in the exercise of a prescribed relevant mayoral planning function is not affected by any breach of subsection (3) or (4).
In subsections (3) and (4), references to a mayor are to—
In this section "relevant mayoral planning function" means—
The functions of the Mayor of London referred to in subsection (8) are as follows—
In this section—
"combined authority" means a combined authority established under section 103(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
"combined county authority" means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.