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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-changing-executive-arrangements-and-alternative-arrangements-england-regulations-2001/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1003",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Changing Executive Arrangements and Alternative Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-changing-executive-arrangements-and-alternative-arrangements-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Information to be sent to the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) Where proposals are drawn up under regulation 2(1) which involve an executive which takes a different form, under regulation 2(2) or under regulation 2(4), the local authority must send to the Secretary of State—\n(a) a copy of the proposals; and\n(b) a statement which describes—\n(i) the steps which the authority took to consult the local government electors for, and other interested persons in, the authority’s area; and\n(ii) the outcome of that consultation and the extent to which that outcome is reflected in the proposals.\n(2) Where the local authority is required to hold a referendum by virtue of regulation 6, the local authority must send a copy of its outline fall-back proposals, drawn up under regulation 6(2), to the Secretary of State with the copy of the proposals and the statement referred to in paragraph (1).\n(3) Where proposals are drawn up under regulation 2(2), the statement referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must also specify—\n(a) the reasons why the local authority considers that its proposals will be more suitable for circumstances in that authority and its area than any form of executive arrangements specified in or under section 11 of the 2000 Act (local authority executives); and\n(b) the reasons why the authority considers that its proposals would be likely, if implemented, to ensure that decisions of the authority are taken in an efficient, transparent and accountable way.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1003/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:54:37.034935+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."
}