Article 10 Implementation Team

(1)

Not later than 21 days after the coming into force of this Order the Implementation Executive must form a team of officers (“the Implementation Team”) for the purposes of—

(a)

during the first transitional period, assisting the Implementation Executive in the discharge of the main transitional function and the article 7 functions; and

(b)

during the second transitional period, assisting the executive of the Somerset Council in the discharge of those functions.

(2)

The Implementation Team shall consist of—

(a)

the person who for the time being is the head of paid service of the Somerset Council;

(b)

the persons who are for the time being the head of paid service of each of the district councils;

(c)

the Somerset Council’s monitoring officer;

(d)

the Somerset Council’s chief finance officer; and

(e)

the Somerset Council’s programme director.

(3)

The leader of the Implementation Team is the person who is for the time being the Head of Paid Service of the Somerset Council.

(4)

It is the duty of the Somerset Council and each of the district councils to cooperate in the formation of the Implementation Team and to release the officers concerned from their normal duties at such times or for such periods as the Implementation Executive or the executive of the Somerset Council may reasonably require.