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Local Government Act 2010

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Section 1 – Prevention of implementation of certain proposals for single tier of local government

11.Subsection (1) of section 1 provides that after the Act comes into force, the Secretary of State may not make any further “relevant orders” under section 7 of the 2007 Act. Section 7 provides that the Secretary of State may, by order, implement proposals for a unitary authority made to him either by an English county or district council or by the Boundary Committee for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.

12.Subsection (2) of section 1 defines a “relevant order” as one that would implement a proposal received by the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this Act.

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