The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 No. 2089

PART 5 E+W Additional rights of members of the local authority and of members of overview and scrutiny committees

Reports to the local authority where the key decision procedure is not followed E+W

18.—(1) Where an executive decision has been made and—

(a) was not treated as being a key decision; and

(b) a relevant overview and scrutiny committee are of the opinion that the decision should have been treated as a key decision,

that overview and scrutiny committee may require the executive which is responsible for the decision to submit a report to the relevant local authority within such reasonable period as the committee may specify.

(2) A report under paragraph (1) must include details of—

(a) the decision and the reasons for the decision;

(b) the decision maker by which the decision was made; and

(c) if the executive of the relevant local authority are of the opinion that the decision was not a key decision, the reasons for that opinion.