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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Communities and
Local Government, are published separately as HL Bill 74—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Baroness Andrews has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Local Government and Public Involvement in
Health Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
Contents
Part 1
Structural and boundary change in England
Chapter 1
Structural and boundary change
Change from two tiers to single tier of local government
1    “Principal authority” and “single tier of local government”
2    Invitations and directions for proposals for single tier of local government
3    Invitations, directions and proposals: supplementary
4    Request for Boundary Committee for England’s Advice
5    Boundary Committee’s powers
6    Boundary Committee’s procedure
7    Implementation of proposals by order
Boundary change
8    Review by Boundary Committee of local government areas
9    Boundary Committee’s review: consultation etc
10    Implementation of recommendations by order
Implementation of changes
11    Implementation orders: provision that may be included
12    Provision relating to membership etc of authorities
13    Implementation orders: further provision
14    Regulations for supplementing orders
15    Incidental etc provision in orders or regulations
16    Agreements about incidental matters
17    Residuary bodies
18    Staff commissions
19    Certain county councils to be billing authorities
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Supplementary
20    Correction of orders
21    Pre-commencement invitations etc
22    Consequential amendments
23    Definitions for purposes of Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Control of disposals etc
24    Authorities dissolved by orders: control of disposals, contracts and reserves
25    Directions: further provision about reserves
26    Directions: supplementary
27    Consideration to be taken into account for purposes of direction
28    Contraventions of direction
29    Power to amend
30    Definitions for purposes of Chapter 2
Part 2
Elections
Chapter 1
Power of district councils in England to change electoral scheme
Introductory
31    Schemes for elections
Power of district councils to change to whole-council elections
32    Resolution for whole-council elections
33    Resolution for whole-council elections: requirements
34    Scheme for whole-council elections
35    Publicity
36    Notice to Electoral Commission
Power of district councils to revert to partial-council elections
37    Resolution for elections by halves
38    Resolution for elections by halves: requirements
39    Resolution for elections by thirds
40    Resolution for elections by thirds: requirements
41    Publicity for resolution
42    Notice to Electoral Commission
43    Electoral Commission to consider whether electoral review is necessary
44    Electoral Commission to make order for new electoral scheme
45    Order for elections by halves: years in which elections are to be held
46    Orders for elections by halves: councillors to be elected at ordinary elections
47    Order for elections by thirds: years in which elections are to be held
48    Order for elections by thirds: councillors to be elected at ordinary elections
49    Order for elections by halves or elections by thirds: transitional provision
50    Power of Electoral Commission to make incidental etc provision
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51    Position if Electoral Commission act under existing powers
52    Publicity for order by Electoral Commission
Power of district councils to alter years of ordinary elections of parish councillors
53    Power of council to alter years of ordinary elections of parish councillors
Amendment of existing provisions about schemes for ordinary elections
54    Amendment of existing provisions about schemes for ordinary elections
Chapter 2
Miscellaneous
Single-member electoral areas
55    Requests for single-member electoral areas
Electoral Commission and Boundary Committee: reviews and recommendations
56    Electoral Commission and Boundary Committee: reviews and
recommendations
57    Duty of local authority to provide Boundary Committee with information
Electoral areas in England
58    Metropolitan districts: councillors per ward
59    Change of name of electoral area
Election dates
60    Power to change date of local elections to date of European Parliamentary
general election
Chapter 3
Consequential amendments
61    Consequential amendments
Part 3
Executive arrangements for England
62    Executive arrangements for England
63    Discharge of functions
64    Changing governance arrangements
65    Referendum following petition
66    Elected mayors
67    Elected executives
68    Other elected executive members
69    Meaning of “elected executive member”
70    Time of elections etc
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71    Voting at elections of elected executives
72    Leader and cabinet executives (England)
73    Time limit for holding further referendum
74    Interpretation
75    Further amendments & transitional provision
76    Supplementary provision
Part 4
Parishes
Chapter 1
Parishes
77    Parishes: alternative styles
78    Appointed councillors
Chapter 2
Power to promote well-being
79    Extension of power to certain parish councils
80    Community strategies
Chapter 3
Reorganisation
Key terms used
81    Community governance reviews
82    Community governance petitions
83    Terms of reference of review
Undertaking community governance reviews
84    Council’s power to undertake review
85    No review being undertaken: duty to respond to petition
86    Review being undertaken: duty to respond to petition
87    Power to respond to petition
Reorganisation of community governance
88    Reorganisation of community governance
Recommendations of review
89    Constitution of new parish
90    Existing parishes under review
91    New council: consequential recommendations
92    Council retained: consequential recommendations
93    Grouping or de-grouping parishes
94    County, district or London borough: consequential recommendations
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Duties of council undertaking review
95    Duties when undertaking a review
96    Recommendations to create parish councils
97    Electoral recommendations: general considerations
Publicising outcome of review
98    Publicising outcome
Miscellaneous
99    Supplementary regulations
100    Orders and regulations under this Chapter
101    Agreements about incidental matters
102    Guidance
103    Consequential amendments
104    Interpretation
Part 5
Co-operation of English authorities with local partners, etc
Chapter 1
Local area agreements and community strategies
105    Application of Chapter: responsible local authorities
106    Application of Chapter: partner authorities
107    “Local improvement targets”: interpretation
108    Duty to prepare and submit draft of a local area agreement
109    Approval of draft local area agreement by Secretary of State
110    Duty to have regard to local improvement targets
111    Designated targets
112    Revision and addition of targets
113    Designated targets: revision proposals
114    Approval of revision proposal
115    Duty to publish information about local area agreement
116    Preparation of community strategy
117    Orders under Part 1 of Local Government Act 2000: Wales
118    Health and social care: joint strategic needs assessments
119    Interpretation of Chapter
120    Transitional provision
Chapter 2
Overview and scrutiny committees
121    Reference of matter by councillor to overview and scrutiny committee
122    Power of overview and scrutiny committee to question members of authority
123    Powers to require information from partner authorities
124    Overview and scrutiny committees: reports and recommendations
125    Joint overview and scrutiny committees: local improvement targets
126    Overview and scrutiny committees of district councils: local improvement
targets

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