The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008

Implementation Teams

21.—(1) Not later than 21 days after the coming into force of this Order, the Cheshire East Joint Committee and the Cheshire West and Chester Joint Committee shall each form a team of officers (“the Implementation Team”) for the purposes of assisting—

(a) the relevant Joint Committee in the discharge of their functions under this Part; and

(b) if, after the dissolution of the relevant Joint Committee, the relevant shadow authority so requires, that shadow authority.

(2) The members of the Implementation Team shall comprise officers from both the County Council and, as appropriate, each of the East Cheshire councils or each of the West Cheshire councils.

(3) The leader of the Implementation Team for Cheshire East shall be an officer of Macclesfield Borough Council and the leader of the Implementation Team for Cheshire West and Chester shall be an officer of Vale Royal Borough Council.

(4) It shall be the duty of the County Council and, as regards the relevant Joint Committee, each of the East Cheshire councils or each of the West Cheshire councils—

(a) to co-operate in the formation of the Implementation Team, and

(b) to release the officers concerned from their normal duties at such times or for such periods as the relevant Joint Committee or the relevant shadow authority may reasonably require.

(5) In this article—

“the relevant Joint Committee” means—

(a)

as regards the East Cheshire councils, the Cheshire East Joint Committee;

(b)

as regards the West Cheshire councils, the Cheshire West and Chester Joint Committee;

“the relevant shadow authority” means—

(a)

as regards the East Cheshire councils, the shadow authority for Cheshire East; and

(b)

as regards the West Cheshire councils, the shadow authority for Cheshire West and Chester.