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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-executive-arrangements-access-to-information-england-regulations-2000/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-executive-arrangements-access-to-information-england-regulations-2000/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3272",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-executive-arrangements-access-to-information-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Cases of special urgency",
  "text": "Where the date by which an executive decision that would be a key decision must be made, makes compliance with regulation 15 impracticable, the decision shall only be made where the decision maker has obtained agreement from—\n(a) the chairman of the relevant overview and scrutiny committee; or\n(b) if there is no such person, or if the chairman of the relevant overview and scrutiny committee is unable to act, the chairman of the relevant local authority; or\n(c) where there is no chairman of either the relevant overview and scrutiny committee or of the relevant local authority the vice-chairman of the relevant local authority,\nhis agreement that the making of the decision is urgent and cannot reasonably be deferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/716",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Amendment Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3272/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:08:54.462057+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."
}