{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-29/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-29/paragraph-4.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/29/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "No new mayor and cabinet executives",
  "text": "(1) LGA 2000 is amended as follows—\n(2) in section 9KA (executive arrangements: different form of executive)—\n(a) for the heading substitute “Mayor and cabinet executive: adoption of leader and cabinet executive”;\n(b) for subsection (1) substitute—\n“(A1) This section applies to a local authority if it is operating a mayor and cabinet executive.\n(1) The local authority—\n(a) may vary its executive arrangements so that they provide for a leader and cabinet executive (England), and\n(b) may vary its executive arrangements in such other respects (if any) as it considers appropriate.”;\n(c) omit subsection (2).\n(3) in section 9KC (resolution of local authority), omit subsection (5).\n(4) In section 9L (implementation: change in form of governance or change in form of executive)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “(change to a different form of executive)” substitute “(mayor and cabinet executive: adoption of leader and cabinet executive)”;\n(b) omit subsection (5).\n(5) In section 9MC (referendum following petition)—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “relevant type of governance arrangement” substitute “leader and cabinet executive (England)”;\n(b) omit subsection (5).\n(6) In section 9MD (referendum following direction)—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “relevant type of governance arrangements specified in the direction” substitute “leader and cabinet executive (England)”;\n(b) omit subsection (4).\n(7) In section 9ME (referendum following order)—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “relevant type of governance arrangements specified in the order” substitute “leader and cabinet executive (England)”;\n(b) omit subsection (4).\n(8) In section 9MF (further provision with respect to referendums)—\n(a) in subsection (1), omit paragraph (a);\n(b) omit subsections (2) and (3).\n(9) Omit section 9N (requiring referendum on change to mayor and cabinet executive).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 29 para. 4 in force at 29.6.2026, see s. 108(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/29/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}