F1PART 1AArrangements with respect to local authority governance in England
CHAPTER 4Changing governance arrangements
Referendums
9MCases in which change is subject to approval in a referendum in accordance with sections 9MA and 9MB
(1)
A change in governance arrangements which a local authority proposes to make by resolution is subject to approval in a referendum in either of the following cases.
(2)
The first case is where—
(a)
the proposed change in governance arrangements is of a kind set out in—
(i)
section 9K (change from one form of governance to another), or
(ii)
section 9KA (change to a different form of executive), and
(b)
the implementation of the local authority's existing form of governance or existing form of executive was approved in a referendum under this Chapter.
(3)
The second case is where the local authority resolves that a proposed change in governance arrangements is to be subject to approval in a referendum.