Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

206 Consultation

(1) A proposal may not be made by any local authorities under section 205 unless—

(a) the local authorities prepared a draft of the proposal; and

(b) each local authority took reasonable steps to consult the following about the draft—

(i) the relevant electors;

(ii) any interested person in the authority’s area.

(2) A person is a “relevant elector”—

(a) in relation to a county council, district council or London borough council, if he is a local government elector for the council’s area;

(b) in relation to the Common Council of the City of London, if his name appears in a ward list published under section 7 of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz 2 c x);

(c) in relation to the sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple or the under treasurer of the Middle Temple, if his name appears in the ward list published with respect to the ward of Farrington Without in the City under section 7 of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957;

(d) in relation to an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (joint arrangements for waste disposal functions), if he is a relevant elector in relation to any local authority whose area forms part of the area for which the authority was established;

(e) in relation to a joint waste authority established under section 207, if he is a relevant elector in relation to any local authority whose area forms the whole or part of the area for which the joint waste authority was established.

(3) In this section, “local government elector” means a person registered as a local government elector in the register of electors in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Acts.