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Planning Bill

Key roles - Functions and powers of central and local government - Joint management agreement

198: Territorial authority may act alone

You could also call this:

"The council can make a decision on its own in some situations."

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If a joint management agreement says that parties must work together, you need to know what happens if a decision is needed quickly. You can make a decision by yourself if the agreement does not say how to make that kind of decision and a decision is required before all parties can agree. This means the territorial authority can act alone in certain situations.

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Part 5Key roles
Functions and powers of central and local government: Joint management agreement

198Territorial authority may act alone

  1. This section applies if a joint management agreement requires the parties to perform or exercise a specified function, power, or responsibility together.

  2. The territorial authority may perform or exercise the specified functions, power, or responsibility by itself if a decision is required before the parties to the joint management agreement can perform or exercise the function, power, or responsibility and the joint management agreement does not provide a method for the making of that kind of decision.