Section 9L Implementation: change in form of governance or change in form of executiveF1

This section applies if a local authority passes a resolution which makes a change in governance arrangements of the kind set out in—

At a relevant change time, the local authority must—

Subject to subsection (2) and section 9MB(2), the local authority may take steps for the purposes of preparing for the change or implementing it (including steps relating to transitional arrangements).

If the local authority is—

in compliance with section 9K, a “relevant change time” for the purposes of subsection (2) is a time during the day that is specified in the resolution making the change in governance arrangements as the day on which that change is to take place.

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If the local authority is currently operating a mayor and cabinet executive and the change provides for the local authority to cease to operate a mayor and cabinet executive, a “relevant change time” for the purposes of subsection (2) is a time during the third day after the day on which the next ordinary election of a mayor was expected to be held when the resolution to make the change in governance arrangements was passed.