Commentary on Sections Functions relating to fluoridation of water Section 88D of the 1991 Act – Additional requirements where other local authorities affected
415.Once the Secretary of State has agreed that the proposal is operable and efficient and the proposer wishes to take further steps in relation to the proposal, the proposer must notify all other local authorities affected by the proposal and make arrangements for the authorities to decide how to proceed. Subsection (4) requires the Secretary of State to make regulations on the details of how these decisions should be reached by the local authorities concerned. For example, the regulations might provide for voting and might further provide that votes be weighted by the proportion of population in each local authority that would be affected by the proposal.