Part II Arrangements with respect to executives etc.

F1Changing governance arrangements: general provisions

33GImplementation: new executive or move to executive arrangements

(1)

This section applies if a local authority passes a resolution which makes a change in governance arrangements of the kind set out in—

(a)

section 33A (new form of executive), or

(b)

section 33C (move to executive arrangements).

(2)

On the third day after the relevant elections, the local authority must—

(a)

cease operating the old form of executive, or the alternative arrangements, and

(b)

start operating the form of executive which the change in governance arrangements provides for.

(3)

Subject to subsection (2), the local authority must implement the change in governance arrangements in accordance with the timetable in the proposals.

(4)

In this section “relevant elections” means, if the change in governance arrangements provides for the local authority to operate—

(a)

a leader and cabinet executive (England): the appropriate elections of councillors;

(b)

a mayor and cabinet executive: the first election of the mayor.

(5)

For the purposes of subsection (4)(a), the “appropriate elections of councillors” are the elections determined in accordance with whichever of the following paragraphs is applicable—

(a)

if the local authority is currently operating a mayor and cabinet executive, the “appropriate elections of councillors” are the ordinary elections of councillors of the local authority held on the day on which the next ordinary election of a mayor was expected to be held when the resolution to make the change in governance arrangements was passed;

(b)

if the local authority—

(i)

is not currently operating a mayor and cabinet executive, and

(ii)

is required to pass the resolution to make the change in governance arrangements during a permitted resolution period,

the “appropriate elections of councillors” are the first ordinary elections of councillors of the local authority to be held after the end of the permitted resolution period in which the resolution is passed;

(c)

if the local authority—

(i)

is not currently operating a mayor and cabinet executive, and

(ii)

is not required to pass the resolution to make the change in governance arrangements during a permitted resolution period,

the “appropriate elections of councillors” are the first ordinary elections of councillors of the local authority to be held after the resolution is passed.