Article 19 Duties of the East Surrey shadow authority: executive arrangements

(1)

At its first meeting, the East Surrey shadow authority must create a leader and cabinet executive within the meaning of Part 1A of the 2000 Act (arrangements with respect to local authority governance in England) (“the East Surrey shadow executive”).

(2)

With the exception of Chapter 4 (changing governance arrangements) the provisions of Part 1A of the 2000 Act, to the extent that they relate to a leader and cabinet executive, have effect in relation to the East Surrey shadow authority as if—

(a)

the East Surrey shadow executive were a leader and cabinet executive of a district council;

(b)

the executive arrangements that it makes were executive arrangements of a district council;

(c)

section 9E (discharge of functions: general) authorised the East Surrey shadow executive to delegate functions not only to officers of the shadow authority but also to officers of the county council and the East Surrey councils.

(3)

Chapter 7 of Part 1 of the 2011 Act (standards) applies in relation to the East Surrey shadow authority as if—

(a)

it were a district council (but not a principal authority in relation to a parish council); and

(b)

references to co-opted members were omitted.