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Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

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121Multi-area agreements

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(1)This Part makes provision about multi-area agreements.

(2)In this Part “multi-area agreement” means a document that—

(a)covers an area for which there are two or more local authorities (see section 122), and

(b)specifies improvement targets for that area.

(3)Any part of the area may be separated from any other part by territory that is not part of the area.

(4)In this Part “improvement target” means a target for improvement in the economic, social or environmental well-being of the whole or any part of the area covered by a multi-area agreement and which relates to any or all of the following—

(a)one or more local authorities for that area;

(b)one or more partner authorities for that area (see section 123);

(c)one or more other persons acting, or having functions exercisable, in that area.

(5)For the purposes of this Part, a target specified in a multi-area agreement relates to a person if—

(a)the exercise of any of that person’s functions, or anything done by that person, could contribute to the attainment of the target, and

(b)that person has consented to the application of the target to that person.

(6)A person is taken to have consented to the application of a target to that person if—

(a)that person has consented to the target being specified in the agreement, or

(b)where the target has been changed, that person has consented to the change.

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