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| | Page 24, line 38, leave out Clause 34. |
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| | Clause 39, page 28, line 16, leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1) | A principal local authority must hold a referendum in accordance with this |
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| | | Chapter (a “local referendum”) if— |
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| | | (a) | any of the conditions in subsections (2), (3) or (4) are met, and |
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| | | (b) | the condition in subsection (4A) is met.’. |
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| | Clause 39, page 28, line 30, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | The fourth condition is that the authority has not already held two referendums |
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| | | under this section in the preceding 12 months.’. |
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| | Clause 39, page 28, line 38, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(6) | A principal local authority must publish on the authority’s website, and in print, |
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| | | information on the duty to hold a local referendum and a guide for communities |
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| | | on the process for holding a local referendum, both to be in a format easily |
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| | | understandable and useable by communities.’. |
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| | Clause 40, page 29, line 10, leave out subsection (2). |
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| | Clause 41, page 30, line 2, leave out ‘5%’ and insert ‘10%’. |
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| | Clause 41, page 30, line 3, leave out subsection (2). |
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| | Clause 41, page 30, line 3, leave out ‘or lower’. |
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| | Clause 42, page 30, line 10, leave out paragraphs (b) and (c) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(b) | the request is made by at least 25% of the members of the authority, |
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| | | (c) | the members making the request include a majority of those members of |
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| | | the authority who represent the relevant area.’. |
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| | Clause 44, page 31, line 25, leave out subsection (5). |
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| | Clause 44, page 31, line 25, leave out subsections (5) and (6). |
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| | Clause 44, page 31, line 31, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(7A) | The fifth ground is that the authority thinks that the cost of the referendum, or the |
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| | | total cost of any or all of the referendums held by that authority under section 39 |
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| | | in the preceding 12 months, is unreasonable.’. |
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| | Page 31, line 4, leave out Clause 44. |
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| | Clause 50, page 33, line 40, leave out ‘in such manner as it thinks fit’ and insert ‘in |
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| | print and online in a format easily understandable and useable by communities’. |
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| | Clause 50, page 34, line 9, leave out subsections (4) and (5). |
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| | Clause 57, page 37, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | Welsh Ministers must make provision to apply this Chapter, amended as |
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| | | appropriate, to relevant authorities in Wales.’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 48, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | the relevant authority reasonably believes that, if the authority accepts the |
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| | | expression of interest, the relevant body intends to submit a bid to |
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| | | provide the service in the procurement exercise to be carried out by the |
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| | | relevant authority under section 68(2), and |
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| | | (d) | the expression of interest provides evidence that a majority of the users |
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| | | of the relevant service, or those otherwise affected by the expression of |
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| | | interest, support the expression of interest.’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 48, line 34, leave out paragraph (d). |
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| | Clause 66, page 49, line 1, after ‘means’, insert ‘a body, the activities of which are |
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| | not carried on for profit, and which is’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 49, line 7, after ‘authority’, insert ‘who have secured, by ballot, the |
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| | support of a majority of those employees of the relevant authority whose principal work, |
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| | in their capacity as employees of the relevant authority, is in the provision of the relevant |
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| | Clause 66, page 49, line 7, after ‘authority’, insert ‘who have formed an |
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| | organisation for charitable purposes or a community interest company or industrial and |
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| | Clause 66, page 49, line 8, leave out paragraph (e). |
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| | Clause 66, page 49, line 13, after ‘voluntary’, insert ‘or community’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 49, line 17, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(8A) | For the purposes of subsection (5) the meaning of “body” is restricted to a body |
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| | | whose principal activities are carried out in the area of the relevant authority.’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 49, line 18, leave out subsection (9). |
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| | Clause 67, page 49, line 35, leave out subsection (5). |
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| | Clause 68, page 50, line 1, leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | If the relevant authority accepts the expression of interest it must— |
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| | | (a) | where the expression of interest relates to provision on behalf of the |
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| | | authority of the relevant service, carry out a procurement exercise for that |
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| | | (b) | where the expression of interest relates only to assisting in the provision |
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| | | of the relevant service, set out how it proposes to involve the relevant |
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| | | body in that provision.’. |
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| | Clause 68, page 50, line 7, leave out subsection (4). |
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| | Clause 68, page 50, line 12, leave out subsections (5) and (6) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(5) | A relevant authority must, in considering an expression of interest, consider— |
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| | | (a) | whether acceptance of the expression of interest would promote or |
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| | | improve the social, economic or environmental well-being of the |
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| | | (b) | whether acceptance of the expression of interest would promote or |
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| | | improve equality for people who work, study or live in the authority’s |
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| | | (c) | whether acceptance of the expression of interest would disadvantage |
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| | | vulnerable groups in society, and |
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| | | (d) | the effect of acceptance of the expression of interest on the continuity of |
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| | | (6) | A relevant authority must, in carrying out the exercise referred to in subsection |
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| | | (a) | how it might promote or improve the social, economic or environmental |
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| | | well-being of the authority’s area by means of that exercise, |
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| | | (b) | how it might promote or improve equality for people who work, study or |
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| | | live in the authority’s area by means of that exercise, |
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| | | (c) | the interests of vulnerable groups in society, and |
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| | | (d) | the continuity of the relevant service.’. |
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| | Clause 68, page 50, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(7A) | If a contract for service provision is awarded to a relevant body which includes |
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| | | employees of the relevant authority, the former employees of the relevant |
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| | | authority holding paid employment with the relevant body are not subject to the |
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| | | provisions of section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972.’. |
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| | Clause 68, page 50, line 21, leave out subsection (8). |
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| | Clause 69, page 50, line 30, leave out subsection (3). |
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| | Clause 69, page 50, line 34, leave out from ‘decision’ to end of line 35. |
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| | Clause 69, page 50, line 39, after ‘website’, insert ‘and in print, both to be in |
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| | formats easily understandable and useable by communities.’. |
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| | Page 51, line 3, leave out Clause 70. |
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