1A

This section also applies to any function of a local authority—

a

if, and to the extent that, it is the responsibility of an executive of that local authority under executive arrangements53, within the meaning of Part II of the Local Government Act 2000;

b

which is conferred by or under any enactment;

c

which, by virtue of any of sections 14 to 16, or any provisions made under sections 17 to 20, of the Local Government Act 2000 (provisions with respect to executive arrangements — discharge of functions etc), may be exercised by an officer of the local authority; and

d

which is not excluded by section 71 below.

7

Where at any time—

a

an order is in force under this section in relation to any function of a local authority (“authority A”);

b

that function, to any extent, is the responsibility of an executive of authority A under executive arrangements, within the meaning of Part II of the Local Government Act 2000; and

c

arrangements are in force under regulations made under section 19 of the Local Government Act 200054 (discharge of functions of and by another local authority) for the exercise of that function, to any extent, by another local authority (“authority B”) or by any executive of authority B,

it shall be an implied term of those arrangements that authority B or, as the case may be, the executive of authority B, shall not give any authorisation by virtue of the order in relation to that function except with the consent of the executive of authority A.