http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70

E1 Part I Local Government Areas and Authorities in England

Annotations:

Extent Information

Part I (ss. 1-19) extends to England only: see s. 19

Principal councils

C162 Constitution of principal councils in England.

C1 C3 C4 C7 C14 C26 C19 C29 C22 C15 C21 C251

For every F1non-metropolitan county there shall be a council consisting of a chairman and councillors and the council shall have all such functions as are vested in them by this Act or otherwise.

C2 C6 C5 C8 C30 C31 C23 C28 C27 C18 C242

For every district there shall be a council consisting of a chairman and councillors and the council shall have all such functions as are vested in them by this Act or otherwise.

C16F22A

Where a council mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above are operating executive arrangements which involve a mayor and cabinet executive F4..., the council shall consist of an elected mayor, a chairman and councillors.

F32B

In such a case, a reference in this Act to a member of a council is a reference to—

a

the elected mayor of the council,

b

the chairman of the council, or

c

a councillor of the council.

C12 C9 C11 C13 C10 C20 C173

Each council mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above shall be a body corporate by the name “The County Council” or “The District Council”, as the case may be, with the addition of the name of the particular county or district.