Section 19 Permitted forms of governanceI1

A council must operate a committee system unless the council decides to operate executive arrangements or prescribed arrangements.

A decision to operate executive arrangements or prescribed arrangements must be taken by a qualified majority.

Executive arrangements must conform with any provisions made by or under this Act which relate to such arrangements (see, in particular, Part 6).

A committee system must conform with any provisions made by or under this Act which relate to such a system (see, in particular, Part 4).

In this Part—

• “executive arrangements” means arrangements by a council—

  1. (a)

     for and in connection with the creation and operation of an executive of the council, and

  2. (b)

     under which certain functions of the council are the responsibility of the executive;

• “committee system” means arrangements made by a council, which does not operate executive arrangements or prescribed arrangements, for or in connection with the discharge of its functions in accordance with Part 4;

• “prescribed arrangements” means such arrangements as may be prescribed in regulations made under section 20.