PART 1

STRENGTHENING LOCAL DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 2

LOCAL AUTHORITY DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

Head of democratic services
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1
A local authority must—
a
designate one of its officers to discharge the functions in section 9 (“democratic services functions”);
b
provide that officer with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are, in its opinion, sufficient to allow his or her functions to be discharged.
2
A head of democratic services may arrange for the discharge of democratic services functions by staff provided under this section.
3
An officer designated by a local authority under this section is to be known as the head of democratic services.
4
A local authority may not designate any of the following under this section—
a
the head of the authority’s paid service designated under section 4 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
b
the authority’s monitoring officer designated under section 5 of that Act;
c
the authority’s chief finance officer, within the meaning of that section.