Moved by
Baroness Hanham
38: Clause 38, page 24, line 44, at end insert—
“4B Power to make order requiring compliance with code
(1) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument impose a duty on all local authorities in England, or all local authorities in England of a specified description, to comply with a code issued under section 4 that applies to those authorities.
(2) An order under this section may impose a duty to comply with—
(a) one or more specified provisions of a code, or
(b) all of the provisions of a specified code.
(3) A order under this section may—
(a) specify the steps that an authority to which the duty applies must take to comply with it;
(b) specify the time within which such an authority must comply with the duty.
(4) The Secretary of State may make an order under this section which applies to an authority whether or not the Secretary of State thinks that the authority is complying with the code to which the order relates.
(5) An order under this section—
(a) may make different provision for different cases or classes of case, including different provision for different descriptions of local authority;
(b) may make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or transitory provision or savings.
(6) A statutory instrument containing an order under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(7) In this section “specified” means specified in an order under this section.”
39: Clause 38, page 24, line 45, leave out “section 4A” and insert “sections 4A and 4B”