Section 9: Advice to Ministers of the Crown
36.Under subsection (1) LBRO can provide advice or make proposals to a Minister of the Crown in respect of the following matters: the way that local authorities exercise their relevant functions; the effectiveness of legislation or proposed legislation relating to the exercise of those functions; whether it would be appropriate for any other regulatory functions to be exercised by local authorities; and any other matter that relates to the way in which local authorities exercise their relevant functions. If a Minister requests advice or proposals on these matters from LBRO, then LBRO is obliged to provide such advice or make such proposals.