The Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees) (England) Regulations 2012
Section 9F of the Local Government Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) requires all local authorities operating executive arrangements to have one or more committees to scrutinise the actions of the executive and the authority, and provide overview of matters affecting the authority’s area and the inhabitants of that area (“overview and scrutiny” committees). The effect of the Regulations is to give overview and scrutiny committees power to obtain information from their relevant partner authorities, and to ensure that executives of local authorities exclude confidential information when publishing their responses to reports and recommendations of overview and scrutiny committees.