Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

1. Introduction

2. Structure of the Act

3. Territorial Extent

4. Territorial Application: Wales

5. Territorial Application: Scotland

6. Territorial Application: Northern Ireland

7. Commentary

   1. Part 1: Democracy and Involvement

      1. Background

         1. Chapter 1: General Duty of Local Authorities

            1. Summary

            2. Commentary on Sections

               1. Section 1 - Democratic arrangements of principal local authorities

               2. Section 2 - Democratic arrangements of connected authorities

               3. Section 3 - Monitoring boards, courts boards and youth offending teams

               4. Section 4 - Lay justices

               5. Section 5 - Provision of information

               6. Section 6 – Guidance

               7. Section 7 - Isles of Scilly

               8. Section 8 - Orders under this Chapter

         2. Chapter 2: Petitions to Local Authorities

            1. Summary and Background

            2. Section 10 – Electronic petitions

            3. Section 11 – Petition scheme

            4. Section 12 – Petitions to which a scheme must apply

            5. Section 13 – Requirement to acknowledge petitions

            6. Section 14 – Requirement to take steps

            7. Section 15 – Requirement to debate

            8. Section 16 – Requirement to call officer to account

            9. Section 17 – Review of steps

            10. Section 18 – Supplementary scheme provision

            11. Section 19 – Powers of appropriate national authority

            12. Section 20 – Handling of petitions by other bodies

            13. Section 22 – Interpretation

         3. Chapter 3: Duties of Public Authorities

            1. Section 23 - Duty of public authorities to secure involvement

            2. Section 24 - Duty of public authorities to secure involvement: guidance

         4. Chapter 4: Housing

            1. Section 25 - Establishment and assistance of bodies representing tenants etc

            2. Section 26 – Consultation of bodies representing tenants etc

         5. Chapter 5: Local Freedoms and Honorary Titles

            1. Introduction and background

            2. Section 27 – Local freedoms

            3. Section 28 – Power to amend law relating to local freedoms

            4. Section 29 – Honorary titles

         6. Chapter 6: Politically Restricted Posts

            1. Section 30 – Politically restricted posts

   2. Part 2: Local Authorities — Governance and Audit

      1. Chapter 1: Governance

         1. Section 31 - Scrutiny officers

         2. Section 32 - Joint overview & scrutiny committees

         3. Section 33 - Powers of National Assembly for Wales

      2. Chapter 2: Mutual Insurance

         1. Introduction

         2. Section 34 – Mutual insurance

         3. Section 35 – Mutual insurance: supplementary

      3. Chapter 3: Audit of Entities Connected With Local Authorities

         1. Introduction

         2. Section 36 - Overview; Section 37 - Notification duties of local authorities; and Section 53 - Regulations

         3. Sections 38 - Power to appoint auditor; Section 39 - Power to appoint replacement auditor; and Section 40 - Exclusions

         4. Sections 41 - Eligibility for appointment; and Section 42 - Terms of appointment

         5. Section 43 - Right of entity to appoint auditor to conduct statutory audit; and Section 44 - Functions of auditor not appointed to conduct statutory audit

         6. Section 45 - Public interest reports; Section 46 - Codes of practice; Section 47- Access to information; Section 48 - Consideration of report by entity; Section 49- Consideration of report by local authority

         7. Sections 50 - Fees; Section 51 - Power of audit authority to require information; and Section 52 - Subsidiaries of Passenger Transport Executives

         8. Section 54 - Interpretation

   3. Part 3: Local Government Boundary and Electoral Change

      1. Introduction

      2. Section 55 – Local Government Boundary Commission for England

      3. Section 56 – Review of electoral arrangements

      4. Section 57 – Requests for review of single-member electoral areas

      5. Section 58 – Review procedure

      6. Section 59 – Implementation of review recommendations

      7. Section 60 – Transfer of functions relating to boundary change

      8. Section 61 – Removal of Electoral Commission boundary functions

      9. Section 62 – Transfer schemes

      10. Section 63 – Continuity of functions

      11. Section 64 – Interim provision

      12. Section 65 – Electoral changes consequential on boundary change

      13. Section 66 – Repeal of redundant provisions

      14. Section 67 – Consequential and supplementary provision

      15. Schedule 1 – The Local Government Boundary Commission for England

      16. Schedule 2 –Electoral change in England: considerations on review

      17. Schedule 3 – Interim modifications of the Local Government Act 1992

      18. Schedule 4 – Local Government Boundary Commission for England: consequential and supplementary amendments

   4. Part 4: Local Authority Economic Assessments

      1. Background – Parts 4 to 7

      2. Section 69 - Duty of responsible local authorities to prepare economic assessment

   5. Part 5: Regional Strategy

      1. Section 70 - Regional Strategy

      2. Section 71 - Leaders’ Boards

      3. Section 72 - Responsible regional authorities

      4. Section 73 – Sustainable development

      5. Section 74 – Review and revision by responsible regional authorities

      6. Section 75 - Community involvement

      7. Section 76 - Examination in public

      8. Section 77 - Matters to be taken into account in revision

      9. Section 78 - Approval of revision by Secretary of State

      10. Section 79 - Reserve powers of Secretary of State

      11. Section 80 - Revision: supplementary

      12. Section 81- Implementation

      13. Section 82 - Regional strategy as part of the development plan

      14. Section 83- Duties of regional development agencies

      15. Section 84 - Guidance and directions

   6. Part 6: Economic Prosperity Boards and Combined Authorities

      1. Section 88 –EPBs and their areas

      2. Section 89 – Constitution

      3. Section 90 – Constitution: membership and voting

      4. Section 91 – Exercise of local authority functions

      5. Section 92 – Funding

      6. Section 93 – Accounts

      7. Section 94 – Change of name

      8. Section 95 – Changes to boundaries of an EPB’s area

      9. Section 96 – Dissolution of an EPB’s area

      10. Section 97 – Review by authorities: new EPB

      11. Section 98 – Preparation and publication of scheme: new EPB

      12. Section 99 – Requirements in connection with establishment of EPB

      13. Section 100 – Review by authorities: existing arrangements

      14. Section 101 – Preparation and publication of scheme: existing EPB

      15. Section 102 – Requirements in connection with changes to existing EPB arrangements

      16. Section 103 – Combined authorities and their areas

      17. Section 104 - Constitution and functions: transport

      18. Section 105 – Constitution and functions: economic development and regeneration

      19. Section 106 – Changes to boundaries of a combined authority’s area

      20. Section 107 – Dissolution of a combined authority’s area

      21. Section 108 – Review by authorities: new combined authority

      22. Section 109 – Preparation and publication of scheme: new combined authority

      23. Section 110 – Requirements in connection with establishment of combined authority

      24. Section 111 – Review by authorities: existing combined authority

      25. Section 112 – Preparation and publication of scheme: existing combined authority

      26. Section 113 – Requirements in connection with changes to existing combined arrangements

      27. Section 114 – Incidental etc provision

      28. Section 115 – Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

      29. Section 116 – Consequential amendments

      30. Section 117 – Orders

      31. Section 118 – Guidance

      32. Section 119 – Amendments relating to EPBs and combined authorities

      33. Section 120 – Interpretation

   7. Part 7: Multi-Area Agreements

      1. Introduction

      2. Section 121 - Multi-area agreements

      3. Section 122 - Local authorities

      4. Section 123 - Partner authorities

      5. Section 124 - Proposal for multi-area agreement

      6. Section 125 - Direction to prepare and submit draft multi-area agreement

      7. Section 126 - Preparation of draft multi-area agreement

      8. Section 127 - Approval of draft multi-area agreement

      9. Section 128 - Submission of existing multi-area agreement

      10. Section 129 - Approval of an existing multi-area agreement

      11. Section 130 - Duty to have regard to improvement targets

      12. Section 131 - Responsible authorities

      13. Section 132 - Revision proposals

      14. Section 133 - Preparation of revision proposal

      15. Section 134 - Approval of the revision proposal

      16. Section 135 - Duty to publish information about multi-area agreements

      17. Section 136 - Consultation on guidance

   8. Part 8: Construction Contracts

      1. Introduction

      2. Summary

      3. Commentary on sections

         1. Section 138 - Application of construction contracts legislation

         2. Section 139 - Requirement for construction contracts to be in writing

         3. Section 140 - Adjudicator’s power to make corrections

         4. Section 141 - Adjudication costs

         5. Section 142 - Determination of payments due

         6. Section 143 - Notices relating to payment

         7. Section 144 - Requirement to pay notified sum

         8. Section 145 - Suspension of performance for non-payment

8. Commencement Dates

9. Hansard References