PART 5COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

CHAPTER 3ESTABLISHING CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES where request has been made

Applications to establish a corporate joint committee

71Consultation before making joint committee application

Before making a joint committee application the principal councils must consult—

a

local people in the principal councils' areas,

b

each of the councils for communities in the principal councils' areas,

c

the National Park authority for a National Park, any part of which is in the area of any of the principal councils,

d

the public services board or boards for the principal councils' areas,

e

every trade union which is recognised (within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)) by one or more of the principal councils, and

f

such other persons as the principal councils consider appropriate.