Member

However, in some instances, it may become apparent that the public hold the mayor personally accountable for a specific function, so the mayor should be able to make an unencumbered decision on that function. Alternatively, it may be apparent that the effective exercise of a function requires all local authorities affected by the function to be in support, so specific voting arrangements are required to ensure that the affected local authorities vote in favour. The Government therefore need the flexibility to set specific voting arrangements if necessary. This amendment would prevent the Government from ensuring the effective exercise of functions as issues arise in the future that need to be fixed.