Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 Ch. 1: transfer of functions (1.4.2010) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 60(1), 148(3)(b) (with s. 63(3)); S.I. 2009/3318, art. 4(i)
C2Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (25.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/638), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 4)
C3Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (25.5.2018) by The Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/636), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 4)
C4Pt. 1 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) (22.2.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/332), regs. 1, 3(a) (with reg. 5)
(1)An order under section 7 or 10 may in particular include provision, for the purpose of implementing a proposal or recommendation or in connection with the implementation of a proposal or recommendation, for or with respect to—
(a)any of the matters mentioned in subsection (3);
(b)any of the matters mentioned in subsection (4) (incidental, consequential etc matters).
(2)In subsection (1) “implementing” includes implementing with modifications and “implementation” is to be read accordingly.
(3)The matters referred to in subsection (1)(a) are—
(a)the constitution of a new local government area;
(b)the abolition of any existing local government area;
(c)the boundary of any local government area;
(d)whether a county or district is to be metropolitan or non-metropolitan;
(e)the establishment, as a county council, district council or London borough council, of an authority for any local government area;
(f)the winding up and dissolution of an existing local authority;
(g)the transfer to a county council of the functions, in relation to an area, of district councils;
(h)the transfer to a district council of the functions, in relation to an area, of a county council.
[F1(i)electoral matters within the meaning of section 12.]
(4)The matters referred to in subsection (1)(b) are—
(a)the name of any local government area;
(b)the name of any local authority;
(c)the boundary of any parish;
F2(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)the establishment or membership of public bodies in any area affected by the order and the election of members of such bodies;
(f)the abolition or establishment, or the restriction or extension, of the jurisdiction of any public body in or over any part of any area affected by the order;
(g)the boundary of any police area in England.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (3)(e)—
(a)the “establishment” of an authority as a council for a county includes an existing district council's becoming the county council for the county;
(b)the “establishment” of an authority as a council for a district includes an existing county council's becoming the district council for the district.
(6)The power of the Secretary of State under section 7(1)(a) to implement a proposal with modifications includes power to make provision whose effect is that there will be a single tier of local government for an area (“the area concerned”) that—
(a)includes all or part of an area specified in the proposal as one for which there should be a single tier of local government; but
(b)is not an area that could itself have been so specified.
(7)But subsection (6) does not authorise the area concerned to extend into any area that is currently outside all local government areas.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 11(3)(i) inserted (1.4.2010) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 65(5)(a), 148(3)(b); S.I. 2009/3318, art. 4(l)
F2S. 11(4)(d) repealed (1.4.2010) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 65(5)(b), 148(3)(b), Sch. 7 Pt. 3; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 4(l)(hh)
Commencement Information
I1S. 11 in force at 1.11.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/3136, art. 2(a)