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Amendments proposed to the Local Government Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton

Page 70, line 21, leave out Schedule 2.

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Clause 39, page 23, line 37, after 'election' insert 'for the return'.

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton
Mr Don Foster

Clause 39, page 24, line 1, leave out subsection (2).

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton

Clause 39, page 24, line 1, leave out from 'first' to second 'preference' in line 2.

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton

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 Don Foster
Mr Adrian Sanders

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Clause 40, page 24, line 9, at end insert 'and

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Clause 40, page 24, line 14, leave out 'the election expenses of candidates' and insert 'election expenses'.

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Clause 40, page 24, line 26, after first 'or' insert 'any provision of'.

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Clause 40, page 24, line 26, after 'enactment' insert '(whenever passed or made)'.

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Clause 40, page 24, line 33, at end insert 'or under'.

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Clause 40, page 24, line 35, leave out 'or made under'.

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Clause 40, page 24, line 35, after 'enactment' insert '(whenever passed or made)'.

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Clause 41, page 24, line 43, at end insert—

'( ) If the result of a referendum held by virtue of regulations or an order made under any provision of this Part is to approve the proposals to which the referendum relates, the local authority concerned must implement those proposals in accordance with any provision made by the regulations or order.

( ) If the result of a referendum held by virtue of regulations or an order made under any provision of this Part is to reject the proposals to which the referendum relates, the local authority concerned may not implement those proposals but must instead comply with any provision made by the regulations or order.'.

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Clause 41, page 25, line 8, leave out 'made by or under' and insert 'of'.

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Clause 41, page 25, line 9, after 'enactment' insert '(whenever passed or made)'.

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton

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
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

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*Clause 41, page 25, leave out lines 13 to 15 and insert 'limiting the expenditure on publicity in connection with a referendum by both sides of the referendum campaign, including by the Government and/or by any government agencies.'.

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Clause 41, page 25, line 15, at end insert—

'( ) about the limitation of expenditure in connection with a referendum (and the creation of criminal offences in connection with the limitation of such expenditure),'.

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Clause 41, page 25, line 18, leave out paragraph (d) and insert—

'( ) as to when, where and how voting in a referendum is to take place,

( ) as to how the votes cast in a referendum are to be counted, and'.

Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton

Clause 41, page 25, leave out lines 18 and 19.

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Clause 41, page 25, line 21, leave out 'this section' and insert 'subsections (1), (2) to (4) and (6)'.

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Clause 41, page 25, line 22, leave out 'or 28'.'

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Clause 41, page 25, line 22, leave out 'under section 31 or 32' and insert 'or an order made under any provision of this Part'.

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Clause 42, page 25, line 27, leave out 'of' and insert 'made by or under'.

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Clause 42, page 25, line 27, at end insert—

'(2) The provision which may be made under subsection (1) includes provision modifying any enactment (whenever passed or made).

(3) The power under subsection (2) to modify an enactment is a power—

(a) to apply that enactment with or without modifications,

(b) to extend, disapply or amend that enactment, or

Mr Nigel Waterson
Mr Tim Loughton
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson

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*Page 25, line 24, leave out Clause 42.

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Page 25, line 28, leave out Clause 43.

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Clause 44, page 25, leave out lines 40 to 43.

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Clause 44, page 26, line 5, at end insert—

' "enactment" includes an enactment contained in a local Act or comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978),"'.

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Clause 44, page 26, leave out lines 18 to 21.

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Clause 44, page 26, line 44, leave out third 'of' and insert 'made by or under'.

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Clause 44, page 26, line 44, at end insert—

'( ) Any functions conferred on a local authority by virtue of this Part are not to be the responsibility of an executive of the authority under executive arrangements.'.

NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART II

Additional forms of executive

Hilary Armstrong

NC12

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) In deciding whether to make regulations under section 11(6) prescribing a particular form of executive, or which provision to make under section 16 in relation to that form of executive, the Secretary of State must have regard to—

(a) any proposals made to him under subsection (2),

(b) the extent to which he considers that the operation by a local authority of executive arrangements involving that form of executive would be likely to ensure that decisions of the authority are taken in an efficient, transparent and accountable way,

(c) the extent to which that form of executive differs from the forms of executive for the time being permitted by or under section 11,

(d) the number and description of authorities for which he considers that that form of executive, if prescribed in regulations made under section 11(6), would be an appropriate form of executive to consider.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a local authority may propose to the Secretary of State a form of executive in relation to which the authority consider that the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) are satisfied.

(3) Those conditions are—

(a) that the operation by the authority of executive arrangements involving that form of executive would be an improvement on the arrangements which the authority have in place for the discharge of their functions at the time that the proposal is made to the Secretary of State,

(b) that the operation by the authority of executive arrangements involving that form of executive would be likely to ensure that decisions of the authority are taken in an efficient, transparent and accountable way, and

(c) that that form of executive, if prescribed in regulations made under section 11(6), would be an appropriate form of executive for all local authorities, or for any particular description of local authority, to consider.

(4) A proposal under subsection (2)—

(a) must describe the form of executive to which it relates,

(b) must describe the provision which the authority consider should be made under section 16 in relation to that form of executive, and

(c) must explain why the authority consider that the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) are satisfied in relation to that form of executive.'.