Clause 31
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
10:30 am
Christopher Chope (Christchurch, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are taking the following: Amendment No. 95, in clause 31, page 17, line 38, at end insert—
‘(b) a scheme for whole council elections’.
Amendment No. 96, in clause 31, page 18, line 2, at end insert—
‘(2A) A council is subject to a scheme for whole elections if, under the scheme for the ordinary elections of its councillors, all of the councillors are elected in each year in which the elections are held.’.
Amendment No. 111, in clause 32, page 18, line 7, at end insert ‘or partial-council elections’.
Amendment No. 112, in clause 32, page 18, line 8, after ‘partial-council’, insert ‘or whole-council’.
Amendment No. 113, in clause 32, page 18, line 9, after ‘whole-council’, insert ‘or partial-council’.
Amendment No. 114, in clause 32, page 18, line 11, after ‘whole-council’, insert ‘or partial-council’.
Amendment No. 98, in clause 32, page 18, line 13, at end insert
‘within eight years of a resolution being made in accordance with subsection (1).’.
New clause 6—Changing scheme for ordinary whole council elections—
‘(1) This section applies if an eligible council resolves, during a permitted resolution period, that the council is to be subject to the scheme for partial-council elections.
(2) The council ceases to be subject to the scheme for whole council elections.
(3) The council becomes subject to the scheme for partial-council elections.
(4) The council must not pass the resolution unless it has taken reasonable steps to consult on the change to partial-council elections.
(5) It is for the council to decide which persons it is appropriate to consult.
(6) No resolution of the council may reverse the effect of this section within eight years of a resolution being made in accordance with subsection (1).
(7) In this section “permitted resolution period”, in relation to an eligible council, means a period specified in the second column of the following table in relation to that type of council