Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]

Amendment 123 123: Clause 14, page 9, line 7, leave out from ““that”” to end of line 44 and insert ““an active petition is dealt with as follows— ““(a) if the petition is presented to a meeting of the authority, the meeting may resolve— (i) to deal with the matter there and then, (ii) to refer the matter either to a committee of the authority or in the case of an authority operating executive arrangements to the executive, with an instruction to deal with the matter as it feels appropriate or refer it back with a recommendation to the council, or (iii) to refer the matter to a partner authority pursuant to section 13(1)(c); (b) if the petition is presented to a committee of the authority or in the case of an authority operating executive arrangements to the executive, that body shall either determine the arrangements for dealing with the petition by the authority or refer it to a partner authority pursuant to section 13(1)(c); (c) if the petition is presented in any other manner it shall be referred by the chairman of the authority to an appropriate committee of the authority (which in the case of an authority operating executive arrangements may be the executive) which may deal with the petition, determine other arrangements for dealing with it by the authority or refer it to a partner authority pursuant to section 13(1)(c); (d) where an authority operates executive arrangements and the matters referred to in the petition are functions of the authority, the petition organiser may require the authority to make arrangements for the petition to be considered by an overview and security committee of the authority.””