# The Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026, Article 13: Implementation Plan and further provisions relevant to the discharge of functions by West Surrey Joint Committee


(1) The West Surrey Joint Committee must prepare, keep under review, and revise as necessary, an Implementation Plan which must include—
(a) such plans and timetables as are, in the opinion of the Joint Committee, necessary to secure the economic, effective, efficient and timely discharge of the article 6 and article 11 functions; and
(b) such budgets and plans as it considers necessary or desirable to facilitate the economic, effective, efficient and timely discharge, on and after 1st April 2027, of the functions that, before that date, are functions of the county council or the West Surrey councils.
(2) For the purposes of—
(a) preparing, reviewing and revising the Implementation Plan,
(b) discharging the article 6 and article 11 functions, and
(c) discharging such other functions as may be conferred on it,
the West Surrey Joint Committee must have regard to the information supplied to the Secretary of State in support of the proposal for single tier local government in Surrey.
(3) For the same purposes as in paragraph (2), the West Surrey Joint Committee must also have regard to—
(a) the Spelthorne Borough Council Best Value Inspection report dated 17th March 2025;
(b) the Direction dated 8th May 2025 issued by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to Spelthorne Borough Council under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999;
(c) the report dated May 2023 following an external assurance review of Woking Borough Council commissioned by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities;
(d) the Direction dated 25th May 2023 issued by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to Woking Borough Council under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999;
(e) the Woking Borough Council Commissioners’ reports dated 31st August 2023, 7th December 2023, 29th May 2024 and 16th December 2024;
(f) any other Directions issued to Spelthorne Borough Council or Woking Borough Council by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 on or after the date on which this Order comes into force;
(g) any other reports published by Spelthorne Borough Council Commissioners or Woking Borough Council Commissioners, whether before the date on which this Order comes into force or on or after that date.
(4) The West Surrey Joint Committee may, by written notice to—
(a) the proper officer of the county council, or
(b) the proper officer of any of the West Surrey councils,
require the council referred to in the notice to take such action relevant to any of the article 6 or article 11 functions as may be specified in the notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/264/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/surrey-structural-changes-order-2026/article-13
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