PART 3PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 3CONSTITUTION GUIDES
45Principal councils' duty to publish constitution and constitution guide
1
Section 37 of the 2000 Act (local authority constitution) is amended as follows.
2
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
A local authority must prepare and keep up to date a document (referred to in this section as their constitution guide) which explains, in ordinary language, the content of their constitution.
3
In subsection (2)—
a
after “must” insert
—
a
publish their constitution and their constitution guide electronically and in such other manner as they consider appropriate, and
b
b
after “copies of their constitution” insert “
and their constitution guide
”
.
4
In subsection (3)—
a
after “constitution” insert “
or, as the case may be, their constitution guide
”
;
b
for the words from “who requests” to the end of the subsection, substitute “
on request, either free of charge or at a charge representing no more than the cost of providing the copy
”
.