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Mr Nigel Waterson 29 Page 14, line 34, leave out Clause 21.
Mr Nigel Waterson 23 Schedule 1, page 66, line 38, leave out paragraph 3.
Mr Nigel Waterson 30 Clause 24, page 16, line 21, after 'authority,' insert 'proposing to operate executive arrangements'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 31 Clause 24, page 17, line 7, leave out subsection (6).
Mr Nigel Waterson 85 Clause 26, page 17, line 28, at end insert—'(2) No referendum shall take place until rules for the conduct of referenda have been approved by affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament and all referenda shall be conducted in accordance with such rules'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 32 Clause 27, page 18, line 43, leave out subsection (3).
Mr Nigel Waterson 33 Page 19, line 19, leave out Clause 29.
Mr Nigel Waterson 60 Clause 30, page 20, line 14, leave out subsection (5).
Mr Nigel Waterson 34 Page 20, line 1, leave out Clause 30.
Mr Nigel Waterson 61 Clause 37, page 23, leave out lines 15 to 20.
Mr Nigel Waterson 35 Clause 37, page 23, line 20, at end insert 'and(e) as to the number of electors required to sign a valid nomination paper for a candidate for mayor, which shall not be less than 30'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 62 Clause 38, page 23, line 23, leave out subsection (1).
Mr Nigel Waterson 36 Clause 38, page 23, line 24, leave out from 'have' to end of line 36 and insert 'one vote and the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes shall be returned as the elected mayor.'
Mr Nigel Waterson 63 Clause 38, page 23, leave out line 33.
Mr Nigel Waterson 64 Clause 38, page 23, line 34, leave out subsection (3).
Mr Nigel Waterson 38 Page 70, line 21, leave out Schedule 2.
Mr Nigel Waterson 37 Clause 39, page 24, line 1, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Nigel Waterson 65 Clause 39, page 24, line 1, leave out from 'first' to second 'preference' in line 2.
Mr Nigel Waterson 39 Clause 40, page 24, line 9, at end insert 'and(c) the recall of the mayor in the event of incapacity or of a loss of confidence and the filling of the vacancy arising'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 86 Clause 41, page 25, leave out line 12 and insert '(a) for independent scrutiny of the question to be asked in a referendum'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 66 Clause 41, page 25, leave out lines 18 and 19.
NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART IIAccess to information etc.
Mr Nigel Waterson NC1 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) Any decision made in connection with the discharge of functions which are the responsibility of executives shall for the purposes of this section be known as an executive decision. (2) Any person or body of persons making an executive decision shall be treated as a committee of a principal council for the purposes of Part VA of the Local Government Act 1972 (access to meetings and documents). (3) A written record of each executive decision shall be publicly available no later than the next working day following the date of the decision. (4) No executive decision shall be implemented earlier than five working days from the date of the decision, unless the authority's monitoring officer certifies that the matter is sufficiently urgent to require earlier implementation, and in such case the decision shall not be implemented earlier than the second working day following the date of the decision.'.
Procedure on decision making by local authority executives
Mr Nigel Waterson NC3 To move the following Clause:—'(1) This section makes provision in relation to the way in which, under executive arrangements, a local authority executive which takes the form specified in sections 11(2), 11(3) or 11(4) is to be responsible for the executive functions. (2) The proceedings, decisions, reports and documents of the executive shall be subject to the provisions of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985. (3) No function may be discarged by an person or body unless an officer appointed by the Head of the Paid Service of the local authority is present to record the decision taken, the reasons for it, the identity of all persons present during the taking of the decision, the written advice of any officer, a summary of any oral advice tendered by an officer present, and the background papers relating to the decision. (4) No decision which would result in expenditure by the local authority may be taken otherwise that in accordance with a scheme approved by resolution of the local authority for the delegation to the executive of powers to authorise expenditure. (5) The Head of the Paid Service shall within seven days of the date of any decision of the executive provide each member of the local authority with notification of the decision and with the records pursuant to subsection (3) above and, if the conditions set out in subsection (6) are met, shall include in his notification to each member his certification that those conditions are met. (6) The conditions referred to in subsection (5) are that such decision satisfies the requirements of subsection (4) above and that implementation of the decision would not result in the authority incurring expenditure of more than £100,000. (7) In the absence of such certification as is referred to in subsection (5) above the decision shall not be implemented before the expiry of 14 days from the date of the notice to members pursuant to that subsection or before the date of the conclusion of any scrutiny proceedings resulting from the provisions of subsection (8), whichever is the later. (8) If, within 14 days of notification of any decision not accompanied by such certificate as is referred to in subsection (5), the Head of the Paid Service receives a written request signed by at least three members of the local authority he shall refer the decision for scrutiny in accordance with section 15'.
Appointment of non-executive members to overview committees
Mr Nigel Waterson NC4 To move the following Clause:—'It shall be the duty of each local authority operating executive arrangements to provide opportunity to every member of the authority who is not a member of the executive to be appointed to at least one overview or scrutiny committee'.
Summonses for Committee meetings
Mr Nigel Waterson NC5 To move the following Clause:—'. A member of an overview or scrutiny committee may request the Head of the Paid Service to issue, for the purpose of considering any specified matter within the responsibility of any committee of which he or she is a member, a summons for a meeting of any such committee and to place the matter on the agenda for that meeting, and on receipt of any such request in writing the Head of the Paid Service shall issue a summons for such meeting to be held within 14 days of such request.'.
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