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Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

Field	Value
short_title	Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
type	Act
parliament	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.
statute_book_chapter	2009 c. 20
introduced_commons	Hazel Blears
introduced_lords	Baroness Andrews
territorial_extent	England and Wales. Part 8 also applies in Scotland
royal_assent	12 November 2009
status	current
original_text	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/contents/enacted
legislation_history	http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2008-09/localdemocracyeconomicdevelopmentandconstructionhl.html
revised_text	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/contents

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

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 had been set up in the eight English regions outside London.

It allows the creation of appointed combined authorities covering multiple local authority areas. The act requires a combined authoirty to be made up of at least 2 local authorities,

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.

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. 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.

The act placed a duty on local authorities to promote democracy. The act established the National Tenant Voice.

Section 59

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

The Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1)
The Northumberland (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2)
The Cheshire East (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/3)
The Cheshire West and Chester (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 (SI 2011/4)
The Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2012 (SI 2012/3113)

Combined authorities

Main article: Combined authority

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.

Established in 2011

Greater Manchester Combined Authority was the first combined authority to be established.

Established in 2014

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority - Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
North East Combined Authority - Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland
West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Part 8

Part 8 relates to construction contracts and in particular:

fees for adjudication (section 141)
payment notices and amounts due for payment (sections 142–145).

References

The citation of this Act by this [[short title]] is authorised by [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/section/150 section 150] of this Act.
Gatehouse Chambers, [https://gatehouselaw.co.uk/its-ldedca-not-hgcra-obviously-2/ It’s LDEDCA, not HGCRA – obviously!], published 10 February 2012, accessed 26 November 2023
(2008-12-05). "Blears publishes local democracy Bill". Local Government Chronicle.
(2016). "COMBINED AUTHORITIES: A PLAIN ENGLISH GUIDE".
(2023-04-06). "Combined County Authorities - key differences to Combined Authorities". Local Government Lawyer.
"LGBCE | About us | LGBCE Site".
(2009-11-13). "Local democracy bill gets royal assent". Local Governmemnt Chronicle.
UK Legislation, [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/part/6/crossheading/combined-authorities-and-their-areas Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009], Part 6, accessed 5 April 2021
"The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014".
"The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014".
"The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014".
UK Legislation, [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/part/8 Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, Part 8], accessed 5 April 2021

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