Permitted forms of governance
19.—(1) A council must operate a committee system unless the council decides to operate executive arrangements or prescribed arrangements.
(2) A decision to operate executive arrangements or prescribed arrangements must be taken by a qualified majority.
(3) Executive arrangements must conform with any provisions made by or under this Act which relate to such arrangements (see, in particular, Part 6).
(4) A committee system must conform with any provisions made by or under this Act which relate to such a system (see, in particular, Part 4).
(5) In this Part—
“executive arrangements” means arrangements by a council—
for and in connection with the creation and operation of an executive of the council, and
under which certain functions of the council are the responsibility of the executive;
“committee system” means arrangements made by a council, which does not operate executive arrangements or prescribed arrangements, for or in connection with the discharge of its functions in accordance with Part 4;
“prescribed arrangements” means such arrangements as may be prescribed in regulations made under section 20.