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Mr Nigel Waterson 57 Clause 20, page 13, line 18, leave out 'or other action taken,'and insert 'prior to their enactment,'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 19 Clause 20, page 13, line 32, at end insert—
Hilary Armstrong 142 Clause 20, page 13, line 40, at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (4A)'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 28 Clause 20, page 13, line 40, leave out 'may not discharge any' and insert 'may by resolution of the authority discharge'.
Hilary Armstrong 143 Clause 20, page 13, line 41, at end insert—'(4A) If or to the extent that a local authority's function of conducting best value reviews under section 5 of the Local Government Act 1999 is not the responsibility of an executive of the authority, the authority may arrange for their overview and scrutiny committee (or any of their overview and scrutiny committees) to conduct such a review.'.
Hilary Armstrong 144 Clause 20, page 13, line 45, at end insert—'( ) A sub-committee of an overview and scrutiny committee may not discharge any functions other than those conferred on it under subsection (5)(b).'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 27 Clause 20, page 14, line 10, at end insert—'( ) Where a member of a relevant overview and scrutiny committee finds that a decision by or on behalf of the executive ought to be subject to immediate review he may, with the agreement of two members of the relevant overview and scrutiny committee, cause the decision to be delayed until that overview and scrutiny committee has considered the matter'.
Hilary Armstrong 145 Clause 20, page 14, line 27, at end insert—'( ) Subsections (2) and (5) of section 102 of the Local Government Act 1972 are to apply to an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority, or a sub-committee of such a committee, as they apply to a committee appointed under that section.'.
Hilary Armstrong 146 Clause 20, page 14, line 28, at end insert 'or a sub-committee of such a committee'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 20 Clause 20, page 14, line 33, at end add—'(12) The authority shall appoint officers to assist the overview and scrutiny committees in discharging their functions, and such officers may not also report to the executive.'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 84 Clause 20, page 14, line 33, at end add—'(7) Any of the Head of the Paid Service, the Monitoring Officer and the officer appointed by the authority under section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972 may issue a summons to a meeting of an overview or scrutiny committee and may place on the agenda of such committee any matter which falls within the responsibility of such committee'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 58 Clause 21, page 14, line 35, leave out 'or held in private' and insert 'unless necessary to exclude the public for individual items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 (all reports) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 59 Clause 21, page 14, line 37, leave out from 'decide' to end of line 39 and insert 'which parts of its meetings, and which parts of any committee of the executive are to be held in private.'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 29 Page 14, line 34, leave out Clause 21.
Hilary Armstrong 210 Schedule 1, page 66, line 11, leave out 'the deputy mayor of the executive' and insert 'his deputy (referred to in this paragraph as the deputy mayor)'.
Hilary Armstrong 211 Schedule 1, page 66, line 13, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 212 Schedule 1, page 66, line 16, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 213 Schedule 1, page 66, line 18, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 214 Schedule 1, page 66, line 21, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 215 Schedule 1, page 66, line 24, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 216 Schedule 1, page 66, line 25, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 217 Schedule 1, page 66, line 27, leave out 'or the authority'.
Hilary Armstrong 218 Schedule 1, page 66, line 27, at end insert—'( ) In the case of a local authority in Wales, the deputy mayor is entitled to the style of "dirprwy maer".'.
Hilary Armstrong 219 Schedule 1, page 66, line 36, at end insert—'( ) Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 does not apply to the function of determining the number of councillors under sub-paragraph (2)(a).'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 23 Schedule 1, page 66, line 38, leave out paragraph 3.
Hilary Armstrong 220 Schedule 1, page 66, line 41, leave out 'the deputy mayor of the executive' and insert 'his deputy (referred to in this paragraph as the deputy mayor)'.
Hilary Armstrong 221 Schedule 1, page 66, line 43, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 222 Schedule 1, page 67, line 2, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 223 Schedule 1, page 67, line 5, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 224 Schedule 1, page 67, line 7, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 225 Schedule 1, page 67, line 10, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 226 Schedule 1, page 67, line 13, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 227 Schedule 1, page 67, line 14, leave out 'of the executive'.
Hilary Armstrong 228 Schedule 1, page 67, line 22, at end insert—'( ) The reference in sub-paragraph (9) to a committee or sub-committee of the authority includes a reference to a joint committee on which the authority is represented or a sub-committee of such a committee.'.
Hilary Armstrong 229 Schedule 1, page 67, line 33, after 'appointment' insert 'by the elected mayor'.
Hilary Armstrong 230 Schedule 1, page 67, line 34, leave out 'advisory'.
Hilary Armstrong 231 Schedule 1, page 67, line 35, leave out 'advisory committee or committees' and insert 'committee as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (12)'.
Hilary Armstrong 232 Schedule 1, page 67, line 36, at end insert—'( ) In the case of a local authority in Wales, the deputy mayor is entitled to the style of "dirprwy maer".'.
Hilary Armstrong 233 Schedule 1, page 67, line 44, at end insert—
'Meetings of executives and executive committees . A member of a local authority who is not a member of the authority's executive is entitled to attend, and speak at, a meeting of the executive, or of a committee of the executive, only if invited to do so.'.
Hilary Armstrong 234 Schedule 1, page 69, line 13, leave out from 'the' to 'which' in line 14 and insert 'maintained schools which are maintained by the authority concerned and'.
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