Sections 14 to 20: Provisions with respect to executive arrangements
44.These provisions set out in greater detail how decision-making within each form of executive is to take place. Section 14 relates to a mayor and cabinet executive. It provides for the mayor to determine how functions which are the responsibility of the executive should be carried out. The options are for such functions to be discharged by the full executive, single members of the executive (including the mayor) acting alone, committees of the executive or officers. There is also some scope for further sub-delegation within the executive and to officers.
45.Section 15 relates to a leader and cabinet executive. It allows for functions which are the responsibility of the executive to be delegated by the executive leader—in a way similar to the framework under section 14—or to be discharged as set out in the executive arrangements drawn up by the local authority, or for a mixture of the two.
46.Section 16 relates to a mayor and council manager executive. It allows functions which are the responsibility of the executive to be carried out by the council manager or for that person to arrange for any such functions to be carried out by the executive or a nominated officer.
47.Section 17 enables the Secretary of State to make regulations on how functions may be discharged in any new form of executive set out in regulations under section 11(5).
48.Sections 18 to 20 provide powers for the Secretary of State to make regulations intended to enable more flexibility in the way that functions which are the responsibility of the executive may be discharged. The regulations may provide for arrangements to be made for functions which are the responsibility of the executive:
to be discharged by an area committee (defined in section 18(3) to (5));
to be discharged by another local authority; and
to be discharged jointly with one or more local authorities (under arrangements under section 101(5) of the Local Government Act 1972), including by way of joint committees or joint area committees.
The regulations may also provide for functions of another local authority to be discharged by the executive.
