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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.'.
Prior discussion by political groups
Mr Nigel Waterson NC6 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) No later than the commencement of the meeting of any overview or scrutiny committee, the leader of each political group with a least one member on the committee shall inform the Head of the Paid Service in writing whether or not any matter on the agenda has been the subject of prior discussion at any meeting of the relevant group or of part of it and of whether or not the judgement of any relevant member is likely to be constrained by the rules of the relevant group or political party. (2) In this subsection, "political group" and "leader" have the same meaning as in sections 15 and 16 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and in regulations made under Schedule 1 to that Act.'.
Functions to be discharged only by authority
Mr Nigel Waterson NC8 To move the following Clause:—'.—(1) Section 67 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (3), after "subsection (2)(c)" there is inserted "or (d)".'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 48 Clause 88, page 61, line 15, leave out 'pensions'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 53 Clause 88, page 61, line 23, leave out subsection (4).
Mr Nigel Waterson 49 Clause 88, page 61, line 42, leave out 'pensions'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 50 Clause 88, page 61, line 45, leave out 'pensions'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 51 Clause 88, page 62, line 5, leave out 'pensions'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 52 Clause 88, page 62, line 21, leave out 'pensions'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 67 Clause 47, page 29, line 20, after 'newspapers' insert 'widely'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 40 Clause 48, page 30, line 9, at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 41 Clause 48, page 30, line 22, at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 42 Clause 48, page 30, line 35, at end insert 'subject to subsections (9) to (11)'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 43 Clause 48, page 31, line 2, at end insert—'(9) A member or co-opted member required to vacate his office under subsection 2(b), 4(b) or 6(b) may appeal to the Standards Board for England for a decision that he may remain in office on the grounds that any of the following are in his case unreasonable or oppressive:
(10) A member or co-opted member appealing under subsection (9) shall remain in office until his appeal has been determined by the relevant Standards Board, who shall give written reasons for their decision. (11) If his appeal is rejected the member or co-opted member shall vacate his office on the day following the issue of such decision; if his appeal is upheld his office shall not become vacant under this section.'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 68 Clause 49, page 31, line 19, leave out 'executive leader, and insert 'member of the executive'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 69 Clause 49, page 31, leave out line 20.
Mr Nigel Waterson 44 Clause 49, page 31, line 20, at end insert ', and(c) in the case of an authority operating executive arrangements may not have a majority of its members composed of members of the executive.'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 45 Clause 54, page 35, line 42, at end insert—'(3) Where the Standards Board for England decides that any allegation made under this section shall not be investigated, it shall give its reasons in writing.'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 46 Clause 56, page 36, line 38, at end insert ', or to a former member or co-opted member'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 47 Clause 56, page 36, line 39, leave out ', within the period of five years ending with that time.'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 70 Clause 63, page 42, line 9, leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.
Mr Nigel Waterson 71 Clause 63, page 42, line 12, leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.
NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART IIIRestitution order
Mr Nigel Waterson NC2 To move the following Clause:—'Where matters considered by an interim tribunal or a case tribunal are or become the subject of criminal proceedings in a court, it shall be open to that court, in considering any penalty resulting from verdict of guilty, to apply a requirement, as part of any penalty, that a restitution order be made so that any loss to the local taxpayer is repaid.'.
Payments in maladministration cases
Mr Nigel Waterson NC11 To move the following Clause:—'( )(1) The Local Government Act 1974 is amended as follows. (2) In section 31(3)(a), the words from "a report is laid" to "the report" where those words appear for the first time in paragraph (b) are omitted. (3) In section 31(3)(b) the words "to which the report relates" are omitted. (4) After section 31A (Consideration of adverse reports by Local Commissioner) the following section is inserted— "Local authorities: further powers to incur expenditure". 31AA—(1) This section applies where a complaint has been made under this Part of this Act in respect of a local authority. (2) In any case where, on consideration of the complaint, it appears to any local authority that a payment should be made to, or some other benefit should be provided for, a person who they believe has suffered injustice in consequence of maladministration, the authority may incur such expenditure as appears to them to be appropriate in making such a payment or providing such a benefit. (3) The power to incur expenditure under this section is in addition to the power to incur expenditure under section 31A above.".'.
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