PART 3

PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

Principal councils' duty to encourage participation in local government

Duty to encourage local people to participate in decision-making by principal councils
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A principal council must encourage local people to participate in the making of decisions by the council (including the making of decisions in partnership or in conjunction with any other person).
2
In subsection (1), a reference to the making of decisions includes a reference to the making of decisions by a person in relation to the exercise of a function delegated to that person by a principal council.
S. 39 in force at 5.5.2022 by S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(d)