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Local Government Bill [HL]

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Communities and

Local Government, are published separately as Bill 75—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Robert Neill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local

Government, 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 Bill [HL] are compatible with the

Convention rights.

 
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Local Government Bill [HL]

 

 
 

Contents

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Prevention of implementation of certain proposals for single tier of local

government

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Extent, commencement and short title

 

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Local Government Bill [HL]

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A

Bill

To

Prevent the implementation of existing proposals made for the purposes of

Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. 

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Prevention of implementation of certain proposals for single tier of local

government

(1)   

After the commencement of this Act, no further relevant order may be made

under section 7 of the 2007 Act (power to implement proposals for a single tier

of local government for an area).

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(2)   

In this section—

a “relevant order” means an order implementing (with or without

modifications) a proposal received by the Secretary of State before the

commencement of this Act;

“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in

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Health Act 2007.

2       

Extent, commencement and short title

(1)   

This Act extends to England and Wales only.

(2)   

This Act comes into force on the day on which it is passed.

(3)   

This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act 2010.

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