The Overview and Scrutiny (Reference by Councillors) (Excluded Matters) (England) Order 2008
Section 21A(1)(c) of the Local Government Act 2000 (inserted by section 119 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) requires the executive arrangements of a local authority in England to include provision enabling those of its members who are not members of the authority’s overview and scrutiny committee to refer to that committee any “local government matter” relevant to the committee’s functions. A “local government matter” is defined in section 21A(10), in relation to a member of a local authority, as a matter which relates to the discharge of any function of the authority, affects all or part of the electoral area for which the member is elected or any person who lives or works in that area, and is not an “excluded matter”.