PART 2FAMILY ABSENCE FOR MEMBERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

29Regulations: supplemental

Regulations under this Part may—

(a)

make provision about notices to be given, evidence to be produced, records to be kept and other procedures to be followed by a member of a local authority or a local authority;

(b)

make provision for the consequences of failure to give notices, to produce evidence, to keep records or to comply with other procedural requirements;

(c)

make provision for the consequences of failure to act in accordance with a notice given by virtue of paragraph (a);

(d)

make provision entitling a member of a local authority (or of the executive) to present a complaint about a decision by a local authority to bring a period of absence to an end or to postpone or cancel a period of absence;

(e)

make provision in connection with an entitlement conferred by virtue of paragraph (d) including, amongst other things, provision about—

(i)

the grounds on which a complaint may be presented;

(ii)

the person to whom a complaint may be presented;

(iii)

procedural conditions to be satisfied;

(iv)

the making, determination and effect of a complaint;

(f)

make provision about the extent to which a member of a local authority (or of the executive)—

(i)

may act as a member of the authority (or the executive) during a period of absence;

(ii)

is entitled to any benefits arising from membership of the authority (or the executive) during a period of absence;

(iii)

is bound by any duty arising from membership of the authority (or the executive) during a period of absence.

(g)

apply, or make modifications of, an enactment.