Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)

Other measures to reduce burdens on public authorities E+W+S

101 Repeal of duties relating to local area agreements E+W+S

(1) In Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007—

(a) omit sections 105 to 113 (which impose duties on local authorities in England to make local area agreements specifying local improvement targets if so directed by the Secretary of State);

(b) in section 117—

(i) omit the definitions of “designated target”, “local area agreement”, “local improvement target” and “revision proposal”;

(ii) in the definition of “responsible local authority” omit the words from “and “the responsible local authority”, in relation to a local area agreement” to the end of the definition;

(c) omit section 118(1) and (2) (which make transitional provision in relation to local area agreements).

(2) In consequence of subsection (1), in the heading of the Chapter, omit “Local Area Agreements and”.