Amendments to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
3.—(1) Section 88 (EPBs and their areas) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), for “meets the following conditions.” substitute—
“—
(a)meets each of conditions A to E, or
(b)meets conditions A, D and E and, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, meets condition F.”.
(3) After subsection (6) insert—
“(6A) Condition F is that the area is one in which the councils that would (for the purposes of section 90) be constituent councils of the proposed EPB can collaborate effectively in the exercise of statutory functions relating to economic development and regeneration, for the purpose of promoting economic growth and administrative efficiency in the area.”.