Local Government Reform - Consultation on Policy Proposals
Local Government Reform - Consultation on Policy Proposals
Local Government Reform - Consultation on Policy Proposals
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CONTENTS<br />
Ministerial Foreword 1<br />
Purpose of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Document 2<br />
Background 2<br />
<strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Proposals</strong><br />
• Governance Arrangements 5<br />
Page<br />
• Ethical Standards 17<br />
• Service Delivery & Performance Improvement 28<br />
• Community Planning 37<br />
• Power of Well-being 40<br />
• Partnership Panel 41<br />
• Supervisi<strong>on</strong> of Councils 43<br />
• Reorganisati<strong>on</strong> of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Local</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Government</str<strong>on</strong>g> 45<br />
Human Rights 51<br />
Equality 51<br />
Regulatory Impact Assessment 51<br />
Rural Proofing 51<br />
Freedom of Informati<strong>on</strong> Act 2000 51<br />
Alternative formats 52<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> 52<br />
Annex A - Glossary 54<br />
Annex B – The Freedom of Informati<strong>on</strong> Act 2000 -<br />
c<strong>on</strong>fidentiality of c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Annex C – List of C<strong>on</strong>sultees 59<br />
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