Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

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Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to make provision for the purposes of promoting public involvement in relation to local authorities and other public authorities; to make provision about bodies representing the interests of tenants; to make provision about local freedoms and honorary titles; to make provision about the procedures of local authorities, their powers relating to insurance and the audit of entities connected with them; to establish the Local Government Boundary Commission for England and to make provision relating to local government boundary and electoral change; to make provision about local and regional development; to amend the law relating to construction contracts; and for connected purposes.
Citation 2009 c. 20
Territorial extent England and Wales. Part 8 also applies in Scotland
Dates
Royal assent 12 November 2009
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), or LDEDCA, [2] is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The legislation places a duty on local authorities to promote understanding of the functions and democratic arrangements of the authority among local people. It establishes the framework for the establishment and functioning of the local authority leaders' boards that have been set up in the eight English regions outside London.

It allows the creation of appointed combined authorities covering multiple local authority areas.

Part 8 of the Act amends Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 in relation to "construction contracts" entered into after 1 October 2011. [2]

Provisions

Part 3 of the Act provides for the establishment of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), and for the transfer to it of all the boundary-related functions of the Boundary Committee for England of the Electoral Commission. [3] Part 3 also repeals the parts of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 which could have transferred the functions of each of the UK boundary commissions to the Electoral Commission.

Section 59

The following orders have been made under section 59(1):

Combined authorities

Sections 103-107 provide for the Secretary of State to establish combined authorities covering the whole of two or more local government areas in England. [4]

Established in 2011

Established in 2014

Part 8

Part 8 relates to construction contracts and in particular:

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References

  1. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 150 of this Act.
  2. 1 2 Gatehouse Chambers, It’s LDEDCA, not HGCRA – obviously!, published 10 February 2012, accessed 26 November 2023
  3. ↑ "LGBCE | About us | LGBCE Site".
  4. ↑ UK Legislation, Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, Part 6, accessed 5 April 2021
  5. ↑ "The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014".
  6. ↑ "The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014".
  7. ↑ "The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014".
  8. ↑ UK Legislation, Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, Part 8, accessed 5 April 2021
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