The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001

Executive arrangements—standing orders relating to staff, proceedings and business

3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) of regulation 10, on or before the date on which a relevant authority starts to operate executive arrangements under Part II of the 2000 Act—

(a)if its executive is to take the form specified in section 11(2) of the 2000 Act (mayor and cabinet executive), it must—

(i)incorporate in standing orders relating to its staff(1) the provisions set out in Part I of Schedule 1 or provisions to the like effect; and

(ii)incorporate in standing orders for regulating its proceedings and business(2) the provisions set out in Part I of Schedule 2 or provisions to the like effect;

(b)if its executive is to take the form specified in section 11(3) of the 2000 Act (leader and cabinet executive), it must—

(i)incorporate in standing orders relating to its staff the provisions set out in Part II of Schedule 1 or provisions to the like effect; and

(ii)incorporate in standing orders for regulating its proceedings and business the provisions set out in Part II of Schedule 2 or provisions to the like effect;

(c)if its executive is to take the form specified in section 11(4) of the 2000 Act (mayor and council manager executive), it must—

(i)incorporate in standing orders relating to its staff the provisions set out in Part III of Schedule 1 or provisions to the like effect; and

(ii)incorporate in standing orders for regulating its proceedings and business the provisions set out in Part I of Schedule 2 or provisions to the like effect; and

(d)it must modify any of its existing standing orders in so far as is necessary to conform with the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).

(2) A relevant authority which has incorporated provisions in standing orders pursuant to paragraph (1) must, where it proposes to change its executive arrangements so that its executive will take a different form, make variations to its standing orders to the extent necessary to conform with the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of paragraph (1), as the case may be, on or before the date on which it starts to operate those changed executive arrangements.