Incorporation of mandatory provisions in standing orders
This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum
7.—(1) A new council must incorporate each provision of Schedule 3 in its standing orders for regulating its proceedings and business.
(2) A council shall refrain from modifying its standing orders for regulating its proceedings and business to enable provisions incorporated under paragraph (1) in those standing orders to be amended or disapplied unless those provisions so permit.