{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-27/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-27/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/27/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Response to a pilot scheme",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if the time for producing the impact report in relation to a pilot scheme has passed.\n(2) The Secretary of State must decide whether the pilot scheme has been successful.\n(3) If the Secretary of State decides that the function pilot scheme has been successful, the Secretary of State must also decide whether or not the changes made by the pilot scheme should be given effect after the end of the piloting period by the making of any of the following (the “resulting secondary legislation”)—\n(a) regulations under any other Part of this Schedule;\n(b) an order under Chapter 2 of Part 6 of LDEDCA 2009;\n(c) regulations under Chapter 1 of Part of LURA 2023;\n(d) regulations under section 16 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016.\n(4) In making those decisions, the Secretary of State must—\n(a) take into account any impact report or reports produced in relation to the pilot scheme;\n(b) consult—\n(i) the or each strategic authority, mayor or GLA functional body to which the pilot scheme relates,\n(ii) each strategic authority, mayor and GLA functional body to which the resulting secondary legislation would relate (if it were made), and\n(iii) any other person which the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 27 para. 23 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 108(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 27 para. 23 in force at 29.6.2026 in so far as not already in force, see s. 108(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/27/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}