Part IIE+W Arrangements with respect to executives etc.

[F1Leader and cabinet executives (England)E+W

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 44A-44H and cross-heading inserted (30.12.2007) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 67, 245(2)

44AElection of leader: whole-council electionsE+W

(1)This section applies to a local authority if itβ€”

(a)is subject to whole-council elections, and

(b)is, on the day of a post-election annual meeting, operating a leader and cabinet executive (England).

(2)The executive leader is to be elected at the post-election annual meeting.

(3)But if the council fails to elect the executive leader at the post-election annual meeting, an executive leader is to be elected at a subsequent meeting of the council.

(4)For the purposes of this section and section 44Dβ€”

(a)a local authority is subject to whole-council elections if, under the scheme for the ordinary elections of its councillors, all of the councillors are elected in each year in which the elections are held;

(b)β€œpost-election annual meeting” means the first annual meeting of a local authority to be held after ordinary elections take place.]