The Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees) (England) Regulations 2009

Duties of overview and scrutiny committees, etc in relation to reports and recommendations

6.—(1) Where the report or any recommendation relates to a local improvement target that relates to the district council by which the overview and scrutiny committee is established, the overview and scrutiny committee must by notice in writing require the related county council or, as the case may be, that council’s executive—

(a) to consider the report or recommendation,

(b) to respond to the overview and scrutiny committee indicating what (if any) action the county council propose, or the executive proposes, to take, and

(c) if the overview and scrutiny committee has published the report or recommendations under regulation 5, to publish the response,

and to do so within a period of two months beginning with the date on which the county council or its executive receives the report or recommendations or (if later) the notice.

(2) It is the duty of the related county council or, as the case may be, that council’s executive, to which a notice is given under paragraph (1), to comply with the requirements specified in the notice.