Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

169 Responsibilities of Commissioners E+W

(1) Section 23 of the Local Government Act 1974 (appointment and removal of Commissioners) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsections (8) and (9) (allocation of cases by geographic area) substitute—

“(8A) The Commission must—

(a) divide the matters which may be investigated under this Part of this Act into such categories as they consider appropriate, and

(b) allocate, or make arrangements for allocating, responsibility for each category of matter to one or more of the Local Commissioners.”

(3) In subsection (10)(a), for “to accept cases for which they are not responsible” substitute “ to deal with matters for which they do not have responsibility pursuant to subsection (8A) ”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 169 in force at 1.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(g)