A principal council must encourage local people to participate in the making of decisions by the council (including the making of decisions in partnership or in conjunction with any other person).

In subsection (1), a reference to the making of decisions includes a reference to the making of decisions by a person in relation to the exercise of a function delegated to that person by a principal council.

This section applies to a corporate joint committee as it applies to a principal council and references in subsections (1) and (2) to a principal council are to be construed accordingly.