7.—(1) At its first meeting, each shadow authority must create a leader and cabinet executive within the meaning of Part 1A of the 2000 Act(1) (arrangements with respect to local authority governance) (“the shadow executive”).
(2) With the exception of Chapter 4 (changing governance arrangements) the provisions of Part 1A of the 2000 Act, to the extent that they relate to a leader and cabinet executive, have effect in relation to a shadow authority as if—
(a)its executive were a leader and cabinet executive of a district council;
(b)the executive arrangements that it makes were executive arrangements of a district council;
(c)in the case of the shadow authority for North Northamptonshire, section 9E authorised its executive to delegate functions not only to officers of the shadow authority but also to officers of the county council and the North Northamptonshire councils;
(d)in the case of the shadow authority for West Northamptonshire, section 9E authorised its executive to delegate functions not only to officers of the shadow authority but also to officers of the county council and the West Northamptonshire councils.
(3) Chapter 7 of Part 1 of the 2011 Act (standards) applies in relation to the shadow authority as if—
(a)it were a district council (but not a principal authority in relation to a parish council); and
(b)references to co-opted members were omitted.
Part 1A was inserted by the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), section 21 and Schedule 2.