| Short Title: | Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009[1] |
| 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 |
| Territorial Extent: | England and Wales. Part 8 also applies in Scotland |
| Royal Assent: | 12 November 2009 |
| Status: | current |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/contents/enacted |
| Legislation History: | http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2008-09/localdemocracyeconomicdevelopmentandconstructionhl.html |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/contents |
The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), or LDEDCA,[2] 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 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.
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.
The following orders have been made under section 59(1):
See 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.[4]
Part 8 relates to construction contracts and in particular: