The Local Government (Structural Changes) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) provides for the establishment of a single tier of local government for areas in England. There is a single tier of local government for an area if there is either a county council and no district councils for that area, or a district council and no county council for that area (section 1(2) of the 2007 Act). The Secretary of State may by order implement (with or without modification) a proposal received for a single tier of local government (section 7 of the 2009 Act).