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EXECUTIVE, EXERCISED BY VIRTUE OF THE BL, MIGHT BE
DESCRIBED ... ETC UNQUOTE. WE ALSO THINK THAT IN C)
QUOTE DELEGATED TO UNQUOTE SHOULD BE CONFERRED ON
UNQUOTE. ON SUB-PARA D) WE ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT
WITH EXCO'S POINT D). HOWEVER WE SUGGEST THAT WE
SHOULD NOT GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL IN SPECIFYING THE
EXACT MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED
IF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WAS TO BE REQUIRED TO ACT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR ADVICE. WE AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD
BE NO REFERENCE TO A REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TO THE CPG IF
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WENT AGAINST COUNCIL ADVICE, BUT HE
SHOULD PERHAPS BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE, IN THE COUNCIL RECORD HIS REASONS FOR HAVING DONE SO. E) SHOULD BE DELETED, AS ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT REALLY A RESPONSIBILITY
AS SUCH.
WE THINK THAT IN PARA 9 FIRST SENTENCE COULD BE
STRENGTHENED BY ADDING QUOTE IN THE VIEW OF THE BRITISH
SIDE UNQUOTE AT THE START AND REPLACING QUOTE WOULD UNQUOTE WITH QUOTE SHOULD UNQUOTE. PARA 9 SHOULD ALSO
INCLUDE REFERENCE TO A POWER OF PARDON.
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IN PARA 10 WE THINK POWERS B) C) AND F) ARE OF A LESSER
ORDER TO THE REST, AND COULD BE REMOVED TO THE END OF THE PARA TO FORM A NEW OMNIBUS D). CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
WOULD THEN BE NEEDED TO REFERENCES IN PARA 11.
IN PARA 12 FIRST SENTENCE WE SUGGEST ADDITION OF QUOTE
WITHIN ITS POWERS UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE LEGISLATION UNQUOTE
(TO ALLOW FOR THE POSITION OF THE NPC). WE ALSO SUGGEST
THE LAST SENTENCE BE DELETED: THIS IDEA RAISES ISSUES (EG
WHAT IF HE REFUSES TO SIGN THE BILL BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS
WITH THE BL?) WHICH WE NEED TO CONSIDER FURTHER.
IN PARA 13 WE SUGGEST DELETION OF QUOTE AFTER CONSULTING
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S COUNCIL UNQUOTE. WE ALSO SEE A
NEED TO AVOID THE REQUIREMENTS AT A) AND B) BECOMING
JUSTICIABLE. THIS MIGHT BE DONE BY ENDING THE FIRST
SENTENCE AFTER THE FIRST QUOTE LEGISLATURE UNQUOTE AND
THEN ADDING QUOTE IN PRACTICE THIS MIGHT BE
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