Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2004

10 New section 83A inserted

• The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 83, the following section:

  “83A Combined or concurrent consultation

  • “(1) Where this Act or any other enactment requires a local authority to use or adopt the special consultative procedure in relation to any decision or matter, it may (but is not required to) carry out the consultation at the same time as, or combined with, any other special consultative procedure that it is required to carry out under this or any other enactment.

    “(2) This section—

    • “(a) applies except to the extent that this Act or any other enactment expressly provides otherwise; and

    • “(b) is for the avoidance of doubt.”