Moved by
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
178C: After Clause 77, insert the following new Clause—
“Amendments to constitutional arrangements of statutory bodies consequential on electoral changes
(1) Section 67 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (consequential and supplementary provision) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) The purposes for which an order may be made under subsection (2) include making changes to the constitutional arrangements of any statutory body with a locally or regionally defined remit which are required as a consequence of the making of an Order under section 59.
(2B) An order under subsection (2) made for the purposes described in subsection (2A) may be made by the statutory body in question as well as by the Secretary of State.”
(3) In subsection (5), at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (6),”
(4) In subsection (6), for “containing any other order under subsection (2)” substitute “containing an order under subsection (2) made for the purposes described in subsection (2A) (even if it also falls within subsection (5)) or containing any other order under subsection (2) that does not fall within subsection (5)”.
(5) After subsection (6) insert—
“(7) In this section, “statutory body” means a body established by or under any enactment.””
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would enable an order to be made to alter the constitutional arrangements of a statutory body if required as a consequence of an electoral changes order made under the local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. The statutory body itself would be able to make such an order.