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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 117: 117: Clause 66, page 43, line 14, at end insert— ““( ) For subsection (5) substitute— ““(5A) A reference in any enactment (whenever passed or made) to— (a) a member of a local authority, or (b) a councillor of a local authority, does not include a reference to an elected mayor of the authority. (5B) But subsection (5A) is subject to— (a) regulations made by the Secretary of State under this paragraph which provide that an elected mayor is to be treated as member or councillor of a local authority for the purposes of an enactment (whenever passed or made), and (b) any other contrary intention that appears in any enactment (whenever passed or made). (5C) Sections 2(2A) and 21(1A) of, and paragraph 5C(1) of Schedule 2 to, the Local Government Act 1972 are not to be taken to indicate any contrary intention for the purposes of subsection (5B)(b).”””” On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 67 [Elected executives]: