Statutory Instruments
Local Government, England And Wales
Made
6th May 2008
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 245(5) and (6) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007(1), makes the following Order.
1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Saving Provision) Order 2008.
2. Subject to article 3, the following provisions of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 shall come into force on 8th May 2008—
(a)section 185 (assessment of allegations) so far as not already in force; and
(b)section 186 (information to be provided to Standards Board by relevant authority).
3. Section 58 of the Local Government Act 2000, the Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) Regulations 2001(2), and the Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) Regulations 2003(3) as they stand immediately before 8th May 2008, shall continue to have effect in relation to any allegation in writing received by the Standards Board for England(4) before 8th May 2008 that a member or co-opted member (or former member or former co-opted member) of a relevant authority in England has failed, or may have failed, to comply with the authority’s code of conduct.
John Healey
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
6th May 2008
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order commences further provisions of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28) (“the 2007 Act”).
Article 2 commences section 185, so far as it is not already in force, and section 186 of the 2007 Act, on 8th May 2008. Those sections extend to England and Wales but have application only to relevant authorities in England.
Section 185 of the 2007 Act substitutes for section 58 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22) (“the 2000 Act”) new sections 57A to 57D and 58.
Section 57A of the 2000 Act provides for the standards committee of a relevant authority in England to conduct the initial assessment of allegations that members or co-opted members (or former members or former co-opted members) of the authority have failed or may have failed to comply with the authority’s code of conduct.
Section 57B of the 2000 Act makes provision for the standards committee to review a decision made under section 57A of the 2000 Act that no action should be taken in respect of an allegation.
Section 57C of the 2000 Act makes provision as to the information that must be provided to a person against whom an allegation is made, including a duty to provide a written summary of the allegation to the person concerned, and enables the Secretary of State to make regulations providing that the duty does not arise at the time a standards committee receives the allegation, in prescribed circumstances, and if those circumstances apply, when the duty does arise. This regulation making power was commenced on 31st January 2008 and regulations under this section have been made (see the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1085)).
Section 57D of the 2000 Act empowers the Standards Board for England (“the Standards Board”) to suspend the initial assessment of allegations function of standards committees in circumstances specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
New section 58 of the 2000 Act makes provision as to how matters referred to the Standards Board under section 57A(2) of the 2000 Act are to be treated.
Section 186 of the 2007 Act inserts new sections 66B and 66C into the 2000 Act which impose requirements on relevant authorities as to the provision of information to the Standards Board.
Article 3 contains a saving and transitional provision preserving section 58 of the 2000 Act, the Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/2812), and the Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1483) as they stood immediately before 8th May 2008. The effect is that allegations received by the Standards Board before 8th May 2008 will be dealt with as if section 185 of the 2007 Act had not been commenced and as if the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1085) had not been made.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
---|---|---|
Part 1 | 01.11.2007 | 2007/3136 |
Section 75 | 13.02.2008 | 2008/337 |
Sections 76 and 77 (partially) | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Sections 79 to 102 | 13.02.2008 | 2008/337 |
Section 116 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/461 |
Section 136 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Section 137 (partially) | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Section 139 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Section 140 (partially) | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Section 144 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Sections 146 and 147 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 148 | 31.03.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 149 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 150 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 151 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 152 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 153 to 155 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 156 and 157 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 159 to 163 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 164 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 165 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 166 and 167 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 168 to 179 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Sections 181 and 182 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Section 183 (partially) | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 184 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 185 (partially) | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 187 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 188 to 190 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 191 (partially) (remainder) | 31.01.2008 01.04.2008 | |
Section 192 (partially) | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 193 to 195 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 196 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 198(partially) | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 200 and 201 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 202 (partially) (remainder) | 31.01.2008 01.04.2008 | |
Section 203 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 204 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 205 to 209 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Section 211 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Sections 219 and 220 (partially) | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Sections 221 and 222 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/461 |
Sections 223 and 224 | 21.02.2008 | 2008/461 |
Section 225 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 226 (partially) (remainder) | 21.02.2008 01.04.2008 | |
Section 227 (partially) (remainder) | 10.03.2008 01.04.2008 | |
Section 228 (partially) (remainder) | 21.02.2008 01.04.2008 | |
Section 229 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Sections 230 and 231 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/461 |
Section 232 (partially) | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 238 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Section 239 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Section 241(partially) | 01.11.2007 31.01.2008 13.02.2008 01.04.2008 01.04.2008 01.04.2008 | |
Section 243 | 21.02.2008 | 2008/461 |
Schedule 1 | 01.11.2007 | 2007/3136 |
Schedule 5 (partially) | 13.02.2008 | 2008/337 |
Schedules 7 and 8 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Schedule 9 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/172 |
Schedule 10 | 31.03.2008 | 2008/172 |
Schedule 11 | 31.01.2008 | 2008/172 |
Schedules 12 and 13 | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Schedules 15 and 16 (partially) | 01.04.2008 | 2008/917 |
Schedule 18 (partially) | 01.11.2007 13.02.2008 01.04.2008 01.04.2008 |
The following provisions of the Act will be brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:
SI 2001/2812; regulation 7 was amended by the Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1483); the Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/2617); and the Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/87).
SI 2003/1483; regulation 2 and regulations 4 to 7 were amended by the Local Authorities (Code of Conduct) (Local Determination) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/2617).
The Standards Board for England is constituted under section 57 of the Local Government Act 2000.