Procedural standing orders
33.—(1) In section 22 of the principal Act (meetings and proceedings)—
(a)at the beginning there shall be inserted—
“(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section,”;
(b)at the end there shall be added—
“(2) Regulations may require councils, subject to such variations as may be authorised by the regulations—
(a)to incorporate such provision as may be prescribed by the regulations in standing orders for regulating their proceedings and business; and
(b)to make or refrain from making such other modifications of any such standing orders as may be so prescribed.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), regulations under that subsection may require such standing orders as are mentioned in that subsection to contain provision which, notwithstanding any statutory provision or the decision of any council or committee or sub-committee of a council, authorises persons who are members of such a council, committee or sub-committee—
(a)to requisition meetings of the council or of any of its committees or sub-committees;
(b)to require a decision of a committee or sub-committee of the council to be referred to and reviewed by the council itself or by a committee of the council;
(c)to require that a vote with respect to a matter falling to be decided by the council or by any of its committees or sub-committees is to be taken in a particular manner.
(4) Regulations under subsection (2) may contain such incidental provision and such supplemental, consequential and transitional provision in connection with their other provisions as the Department considers appropriate.”.
(2) In paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 2 to the principal Act (meetings and proceedings of councils and committees) after “orders” in the second place where it occurs there shall be inserted “and to section 22(2) to (4)”.