Council tax and community charges: restrictions on voting
28.—(1) In section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax and community charges: restrictions on voting)—
(a)in subsection (1), after “(including in either case a sub-committee),” there shall be inserted “or a council manager within the meaning of section 11(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 2000,”;
(b)in subsection (2)—
(i)after “a member” there shall be inserted “or a council manager”; and
(ii)after “or committee” there shall be inserted “or in the case of an authority which are operating executive arrangements the executive of that authority or any committee of that executive”; and
(c)after subsection (2), there shall be inserted—
“(2A) In the case of an authority which are operating executive arrangements, if or to the extent that any matter listed in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (2) is the responsibility of the executive of that authority, no member of the executive to whom this section applies shall take any action or discharge any function with respect to that matter.”.
(2) In section 116 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (interpretation: general), after the definition of “the Social Security Acts” there shall be inserted—
““executive” and “executive arrangements” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000;”.