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11.—(1) During a compulsory appointing period, any principal authority which could have accepted a relevant appointing person’s invitation under regulation 8 but did not, may make a request to the relevant appointing person to become an opted in authority, in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The authority must give notice to the relevant appointing person of its request to become an opted in authority; and such notice must specify the authority’s postal address.
(3) The relevant appointing person must—
(a)consider the authority’s request to opt in,
(b)agree to the request unless the appointing person has reasonable grounds for refusing it;
(c)give notice to the authority, within four weeks beginning with the date that the request to become an opted in authority was received, giving the decision in relation to the request, and
(d)provide reasons if the request is refused.
(4) The authority becomes an opted in authority on the date on which the relevant appointing person gives notice to the authority agreeing to its request to become an opted in authority.
(5) The authority is an opted in authority for the remainder of the compulsory appointing period which is in existence on the date mentioned in paragraph (4).
(6) A relevant appointing person may recover its reasonable costs for making arrangements to appoint a local auditor to an authority which becomes an opted in authority under this regulation, from that authority.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 11 in force at 10.2.2015 in accordance with reg. 1(1)