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(ii)   

the times when the scheme is available for

inspection there.

      (4)  

In the case of the variation of a scheme, the notice under sub-

paragraph (2) must—

(a)   

record the variation,

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(b)   

describe what it does,

(c)   

state that copies of the scheme as varied are available for

inspection at the principal office of the local authority, and

(d)   

specify—

(i)   

the address of that office, and

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(ii)   

the times when the scheme is available for

inspection there.

      (5)  

In the case of the revocation of a scheme, the notice under sub-

paragraph (2) must record the revocation.”

Schedule 3

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Section 11

 

Amendments consequential upon new arrangements for local authority

governance in England

Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

1          

The Local Government Act 1972 is amended as follows.

2          

In section 2 (constitution of principal councils in England) in subsection (2A)

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omit “or a mayor and council manager executive”.

3     (1)  

Section 101 (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) is

amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (1C) after “section” insert “9EB or”.

      (3)  

In subsection (5B) after “section” insert “9EC or”.

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4          

In section 102 (appointment of committees) in subsection (1A) after “section”

insert “9EA or”.

5          

In section 245 (status of certain districts, parishes and communities) in

subsections (1A) and (4A)(a) omit “or a mayor and council manager

executive”.

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6     (1)  

Section 270(1) (general provisions as to interpretation) is amended as

follows.

      (2)  

In the definition of “elected mayor” after “has” insert “—

(a)   

in relation to England, the same meaning as in Part 1A of the

Local Government Act 2000, and

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(b)   

in relation to Wales,”.

      (3)  

In the definition of “executive”, “executive arrangements” and “executive

leader” after “have” insert “—

(a)   

in relation to England, the same meaning as in Part 1A of the

Local Government Act 2000, and

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(b)   

in relation to Wales,”.

      (4)  

In the definition of “leader and cabinet executive: England” for “Part 2”

substitute “Part 1A”.

      (5)  

In the definition of “mayor and cabinet executive” and “mayor and council

manager executive” for “and “mayor and council manager executive” have”

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substitute “has—

(a)   

in relation to England, the same meaning as in Part 1A of the

Local Government Act 2000, and

(b)   

in relation to Wales,”.

      (6)  

After the definition mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) insert—

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““mayor and council manager executive” has the same meaning

as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000;”.

Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41)

7          

The Local Government Finance Act 1988 is amended as follows.

8          

In section 114 (functions of responsible officer as regards reports) in

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subsection (3A)(a) for “the person” substitute “any person other than the

chief finance officer”.

9          

In section 114A (functions of responsible officer as regards reports — local

authorities operating executive arrangements) in subsection (3)(a) for “the

person” substitute “any person other than the chief finance officer”.

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Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)

10         

The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 is amended as follows.

11         

In section 4 (designation and reports of head of paid service) after subsection

(1) insert—

“(1A)   

Subsections (2) to (5) do not apply in relation to a relevant authority

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in England that operates a mayor and cabinet executive (within the

meaning of Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000).”

12         

In section 5 (designation and reports of monitoring officer) in subsection (1B)

after paragraph (f) insert “,

   

but subsection (1A) does not apply in relation to a relevant authority

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that has made the arrangements set out in section 9HA(2) of the

Local Government Act 2000 (mayoral management arrangements:

mayor to be chief executive).”

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

13         

In section 110A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992

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(authorisations by local authorities ) in subsection (6)—

(a)   

for “must” substitute “may”,

(b)   

omit “either”, and

(c)   

at the end of paragraph (b) insert “; or

(c)   

in the case of an authority that has made the

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arrangements specified in section 9HA(2) of the Local

Government Act 2000 (mayoral management

 
 

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arrangements: elected mayor to be chief executive),

the elected mayor of the authority (within the

meaning of that Act);”.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

14         

In section 5 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (authorities responsible for

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crime and disorder strategies etc) in subsection (1D) in paragraph (d) of the

definition of “the relevant provisions” after “section” insert “9F, 9FA or”.

Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)

15         

The Local Government Act 2000 is amended as follows.

16         

In the heading of Part 2 (arrangements with respect to executives etc) for

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Arrangements” substitute “Local authorities in Wales:

arrangements”.

17         

In section 10 (executive arrangements) after “local authority” (in both places)

insert “in Wales”.

18    (1)  

Section 11 (forms of local authority executives) is amended as follows.

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      (2)  

In subsection (2) for “In the case of any local authority in England or Wales,

the” substitute “The”.

      (3)  

Omit subsection (2A).

      (4)  

In subsection (3) for “In the case of any local authority in Wales, the”

substitute “The”.

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      (5)  

In subsection (4) for “In the case of any local authority in Wales, the”

substitute “The”.

      (6)  

In subsection (5)—

(a)   

for “In the case of a local authority in England or Wales, the”

substitute “The”, and

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(b)   

for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

      (7)  

In subsection (8) after “leader and cabinet executive” insert “(Wales)”.

      (8)  

In subsection (9)—

(a)   

for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”, and

(b)   

omit “in relation to Wales”.

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      (9)  

Omit subsection (9A).

     (10)  

In subsection (10) omit “(2A)(a) or”.

19    (1)  

Section 12 (additional forms of executive) is amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (1)—

(a)   

for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”,

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(b)   

in paragraph (a) for “him” substitute “them”, and

(c)   

in paragraphs (b) and (d) for “he considers” substitute “they

consider”.

      (3)  

In subsection (2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

 
 

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      (4)  

In subsection (3)(a) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

20    (1)  

Section 13 (functions which are the responsibility of an executive) is

amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (3) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

      (3)  

In subsection (6) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

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      (4)  

In subsection (9)(b) omit the words from “or section 236” to “England)”.

      (5)  

In subsection (12) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

21    (1)  

Section 14 (discharge of functions: general) is amended as follows.

      (2)  

In the heading for “general” substitute “mayor and cabinet executive”.

      (3)  

In subsection (1) for the words from “of” to the end substitute “of a mayor

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and cabinet executive are to be discharged in accordance with this section”.

      (4)  

In subsections (2) to (5) for “senior executive member” (in each place that it

appears) substitute “elected mayor”.

      (5)  

In subsection (6)—

(a)   

for “a senior executive member” substitute “an elected mayor”, and

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(b)   

for “the senior executive member” substitute “the elected mayor”.

      (6)  

Omit subsection (7).

22         

In section 17 (discharge of functions: section 11(5) executive) in subsection

(1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

23         

In section 18 (discharge of functions by area committees) in subsection (1) for

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“Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

24    (1)  

Section 19 (discharge of functions of and by another local authority) is

amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (1)—

(a)   

for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”,

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(b)   

omit the words “(within the meaning of this Part)” in the first place

they appear,

(c)   

for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)   

by a relevant authority (other than the local

authority), or”, and

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(d)   

in paragraph (b) for “an executive of another local authority (within

the meaning of this Part)” substitute “a relevant executive (other than

an executive of the local authority)”.

      (3)  

In subsection (2)—

(a)   

for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”, and

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(b)   

for “local authority (within the meaning of section 101 of that Act)”

substitute “relevant authority in Wales”, and

(c)   

for “an executive of another local authority (within the meaning of

this Part)” substitute “a relevant executive (other than an executive

of the relevant authority)”.

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      (4)  

In subsection (3) for “local authority” substitute “relevant authority in

Wales”.

 
 

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      (5)  

In subsection (4)—

(a)   

in paragraph (a)—

(i)   

for “an executive of a local authority” substitute “a relevant

executive”, and

(ii)   

after “the authority” insert “of which the executive is part”,

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(b)   

in paragraph (b) for “local authority” substitute “relevant authority”,

and

(c)   

in paragraph (c) for “an executive of a local authority” substitute “a

relevant executive”.

      (6)  

In subsection (8) for ““specified”” substitute “—

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“relevant authority” means a local authority within the

meaning of section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972;

“relevant executive” means an executive of a local authority

under either this Part or Part 1A;

“specified””.

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25         

In section 20 (joint exercise of functions) in subsection (1) for “Secretary of

State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

26    (1)  

Section 21 (overview and scrutiny committees) is amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (2)(f)—

(a)   

omit “section 244 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or”,

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(b)   

for “either of those sections” substitute “that section”, and

(c)   

for “the Act concerned, and as extended by the section concerned”

substitute “that Act, as extended by that section”.

      (3)  

In subsection (2A)—

(a)   

omit paragraphs (a), (b) and (e), and

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(b)   

at the end of paragraph (c) insert “or”.

      (4)  

In subsection (4)—

(a)   

for “sections 21A to 21C” substitute “section 21A”, and

(b)   

omit the words from “or any functions” to the end.

      (5)  

In subsection (10)—

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(a)   

for “paragraphs 7 to” substitute “paragraph 8 or”, and

(b)   

omit “, unless permitted to do so under paragraph 12 of that

Schedule”.

      (6)  

In subsection (13) omit paragraph (aa).

      (7)  

In subsection (14) omit “or (aa)”.

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      (8)  

In subsection (16)—

(a)   

omit paragraph (a), and

(b)   

in paragraph (b) omit “in Wales”.

27         

Omit section 21ZA (scrutiny officers).

28    (1)  

Section 21A (reference of matters to overview and scrutiny committees) is

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amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (1)—

(a)   

at the end of paragraph (a) insert “and”, and

 
 

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(b)   

omit paragraph (c).

      (3)  

Omit subsections (3) to (11).

29         

Omit section 21B (duty of authority or executive in England to respond to

overview and scrutiny committee).

30         

Omit section 21C (reports and recommendations of overview and scrutiny

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committees: duties of certain partner authorities).

31         

Omit section 21D (publication etc of reports, recommendations and

responses: confidential and exempt information).

32         

Omit section 21E (overview and scrutiny committees of certain district

councils: functions with respect to partner authorities).

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33         

Omit section 21F (overview and scrutiny committees: flood risk

management).

34    (1)  

Section 22 (access to information) is amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsections (6), (8) to (10), (12) and (13) for “Secretary of State” substitute

“Welsh Ministers”.

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      (3)  

Omit subsection (12A).

35         

Omit section 22A (overview and scrutiny committees of certain authorities

in England: provision of information etc by certain partner authorities).

36         

In section 25 (proposals) in subsections (1)(b), (5), (6)(a), (7) and (8) for

“Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

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37    (1)  

Section 27 (referendum in case of proposals involving elected mayor) is

amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsections (1)(b), (5), (6), (8)(c), (9) and (10) for “Secretary of State”

substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

      (3)  

In subsection (5) for “him” substitute “them”.

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38    (1)  

Section 28 (approval of outline fall-back proposals) is amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsections (1) and (2) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh

Ministers”.

      (3)  

In subsection (3) for “Secretary of State approves” substitute “Welsh

Ministers approve”.

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39         

In section 29 (operation of, and publicity for, executive arrangements) in

subsection (3) omit “in Wales”.

40         

In section 30 (operation of different executive arrangements) in subsection

(1)—

(a)   

for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”, and

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(b)   

omit “in Wales”.

41    (1)  

Section 31 (alternative arrangements) is amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (1)—

(a)   

omit paragraph (a), and

 
 

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(b)   

in paragraph (b) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh

Ministers”.

      (3)  

Omit subsections (2) and (3).

      (4)  

In subsection (7) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.

42    (1)  

Section 32 (alternative arrangements) is amended as follows.

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      (2)  

In subsection (1)—

(a)   

in the opening words for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh

Ministers”, and

(b)   

in paragraph (c) for “Secretary of State considers” substitute “Welsh

Ministers consider”.

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      (3)  

In subsection (3)—

(a)   

omit paragraph (a), and

(b)   

in paragraph (b) omit “in the case of regulations made by the Welsh

Ministers,”.

43    (1)  

Section 33 (operation of alternative arrangements) is amended as follows.

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      (2)  

Omit subsection (A1).

      (3)  

In subsections (5), (7) and (9) for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh

Ministers”.

44         

Omit section 33A (executive arrangements) and the italic heading

immediately before it (changing governance arrangements: general

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provisions).

45         

Omit section 33B (executive arrangements: other variations of

arrangements).

46         

Omit section 33C (alternative arrangements: move to executive

arrangements).

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47         

Omit section 33D (alternative arrangements: variation of arrangements).

48         

Omit section 33E (proposals by local authority).

49         

Omit section 33F (resolution of local authority).

50         

Omit section 33G (implementation: new executive or move to executive

arrangements).

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51         

Omit section 33H (implementation: other change in governance

arrangements).

52         

Omit section 33I (general).

53         

Omit section 33J (new form of executive or move to executive: general

requirements) and the italic heading immediately before it (further

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requirements for certain changes).

54         

Omit section 33K (changes subject to approval in referendum: additional

requirements).

55         

Omit section 33L (change not subject to approval in a referendum:

additional requirements).

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