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Local Government Act 2002

Governance and management of local authorities and community boards - Local boards - Decision making

48K: Decision-making responsibilities of local boards

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“Local boards decide on activities in their area and share community views”

You are responsible for making decisions about certain activities in your local area. These activities are called non-regulatory activities, and they are assigned to you by the unitary authority. You need to tell the unitary authority what people in your area want and think about plans and rules for the whole city or region.

You can create special rules, called bylaws, just for your local area. You can suggest these bylaws to the main governing body. You also need to agree with the governing body about what local activities will happen in your area.

When you’re doing these jobs, you need to follow the same rules that the main council follows when making decisions. This means you need to be fair, listen to people, and think carefully about your choices.

You should work together with other local boards or groups if you think it will help your community. This means sharing ideas and working on projects together if it’s good for the people in your area.

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Part 4 Governance and management of local authorities and community boards
Local boards: Decision making

48KDecision-making responsibilities of local boards

  1. Despite section 41(3), each local board is responsible and democratically accountable for—

  2. the decision making of the unitary authority in relation to the non-regulatory activities of the unitary authority that are allocated to the local board in accordance with section 48L; and
    1. identifying and communicating to the unitary authority the interests and preferences of the people in its local board area in relation to the content of the strategies, policies, plans, and bylaws of the unitary authority; and
      1. identifying and developing bylaws specifically for its local board area, and proposing them to the governing body under section 150B; and
        1. reaching agreement with the governing body (as set out in the local board agreement) in respect of local activities for its local board area.

          1. In carrying out the responsibilities described in this section, a local board must comply with the requirements of sections 76 to 82 as if every reference in those sections to a local authority were a reference to a local board.

          2. In carrying out the responsibilities described in this section, a local board must collaborate and co-operate with 1 or more other local boards or any other body or entity if the local board is satisfied that the interests and preferences of communities within the local board area will be better served by doing so.

          Notes
          • Section 48K: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).