9.—(1) During the first transitional period, the Implementation Executive must prepare, keep under review, and revise as necessary, an Implementation Plan which must include—
(a)such plans and timetables as the Implementation Executive considers necessary to secure the effective, efficient and timely discharge of the main transitional function and the article 7 functions; and
(b)such budgets and plans as it considers necessary or desirable to facilitate the economic, effective, efficient and timely discharge of the North Yorkshire Council’s functions on or after 1st April 2023.
(2) For the purposes of —
(a)preparing, reviewing and revising the Implementation Plan;
(b)discharging the main transitional function and the article 7 functions; and
(c)discharging such other functions as may be conferred on it,
the Implementation Executive must have regard to the information supplied by the North Yorkshire Council to the Secretary of State in support of its proposal for single tier local government in North Yorkshire(1).
(3) The Implementation Executive may, by written notice to—
(a)the proper officer of the North Yorkshire Council; or
(b)the proper officer of any of the district councils,
require the council referred to in the notice to take such action relevant to the main transitional function or any of the article 7 functions as may be specified in the notice.
(4) In paragraph (3), “the proper officer” means the officer appointed by the North Yorkshire Council or the district council concerned (as the case may be) for the purpose of receiving such notices.
Copies of the information supplied are available at https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/new-council-0 or upon request from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.