1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Standing Orders) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 2015.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972(1)
“the 2014 Act” means the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014;
“Executive Arrangements Regulations” means the Local Government (Executive Arrangements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(2); and
“call-in” means a requisition for the reconsideration of a decision under section 41(1) of the 2014 Act.
2. A council must incorporate the provisions in the Schedule in its standing orders for regulating its proceedings and business.
3. A council must refrain from modifying its standing orders for regulating its proceedings and business, to enable provisions incorporated under regulation 2 in those standing orders to be amended or disapplied unless permitted by those provisions.
4. Schedule 3 to the Local Government (Transitional, Supplementary, Incidental Provisions and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014(3) is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
(L.S.)
Linda MacHugh
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment