Section 247: Application to the City of London

National Health Service Act 2006 · 2006 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 12: Public involvement and scrutiny — Chapter 3: Review and scrutiny by local authorities

This section applies to a committee of the Common Council appointed to exercise functions that the Council has under regulations under section 244(2) to (2ZC).

Section 245(2)(b) and (c) applies as if such a committee were an overview and scrutiny committee ... .

Section 9F of the Local Government Act 2000 applies as if such a committee were an overview and scrutiny committee and as if the Common Council were a local authority, but with the omission—

of subsections (1) to (4),
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Section 9FA of the Local Government Act 2000 applies as if such a committee were an overview and scrutiny committee and as if the Common Council were a local authority, but with the omission—

of subsection (3),
in subsection (6), of paragraph (b), and
in subsection (8)(a), of the reference to members of the executive.

In the provisions applied by subsections (3) and (3A), references to functions under any provision of section 9F(2) of the 2000 Act are, in the case of a committee to which this section applies, references to functions under regulations under section 244(2) to (2ZC) which are exercisable by the committee.

"The Common Council" means the Common Council of the City of London.

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