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Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

moved Amendment No. 118: 118: Clause 67, page 43, leave out lines 30 to 33 and insert— ““(2) 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 a member of an elected executive of the authority. (2A) But subsection (2) is subject to— (a) regulations made by the Secretary of State under this paragraph which provide that a member of an elected executive 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). (2B) Section 2(2C) of, and paragraph 5AA(2) of Schedule 2 to, the Local Government Act 1972 are not to be taken to indicate any contrary intention for the purposes of subsection (2A)(b).”””” On Question, amendment agreed to.