The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 187

Local Government, England

The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023

Made

1st March 2023

Coming into force

1st April 2023

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 11, 13 and 240(10) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007(1)(“the 2007 Act”).

The incidental, consequential and supplementary provision made by this Order relates to the following Orders made under section 7 of the 2007 Act(2):

the Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022(3);

the North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022(4);

the Somerset (Structural Changes) Order 2022(5).

Those Orders, together with this Order, implement proposals, submitted to the Secretary of State under section 2 of the 2007 Act, that there should be a single tier of local government for Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset.

In accordance with section 7(3) of the 2007 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted every authority affected by the proposals, except the authorities which made them(6), and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

In accordance with section 240(6) of the 2007 Act, a draft of this Order was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(1)

2007 c. 28. Section 13(2) provides for section 13(1) to be read with section 15.

(2)

Section 13(3) provides that any incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provision included in an order under section 7 may relate either to other provisions of the order or to a previous order under section 7.

(3)

S.I. 2022/331.

(4)

S.I. 2022/328.

(5)

S.I. 2022/329.

(6)

Proposals were made by Allerdale Borough Council and Copeland Borough Council, North Yorkshire County Council and Somerset County Council.