Local Government (Review of Decisions) Act 2015

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2015 c. 22
Year2015
  • In the Local Government Act 1974 before Part 3 insert—
      (PART 2A) Decisions relating to holding of events
      (22A) Decisions invoking health or safety: notification, reasons and review
    • “(1) Subsection (2) applies if—
    • (a) a decision that relates to an event in England is taken by or on behalf of an authority to which Part 3 of this Act applies,
    • (b) the decision is taken in connection with the exercise of the authority's administrative functions, and
    • (c) for a reason related to the health or safety of any person, or for reasons that include such a reason, the decision has effect to—
    • (i) stop the holding of the event,
    • (ii) impose restrictions on the holding of the event,
    • (iii) impose conditions to be met in connection with the holding of the event, or
    • (iv) do all, or any two, of those things.
  • a decision that relates to an event in England is taken by or on behalf of an authority to which Part 3 of this Act applies,the decision is taken in connection with the exercise of the authority's administrative functions, andstop the holding of the event,impose restrictions on the holding of the event,impose conditions to be met in connection with the holding of the event, ordo all, or any two, of those things.the person who made the application or other request to which the decision is a response, ora person who appears to the authority to be an organiser of the event if the decision is made otherwise than on a request.must be given on the day the decision is taken or, if it is not reasonably practicable to give the notification on that day, must be given on the first working day after that day,must, if the decision has the effect mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (i) , give details of the decision's effect,must, if the decision has the effect mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (ii) or (iii) , give details of the restrictions or conditions,must include the reasons for the decision so far as it has any of the effects mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (i) to (iii) , andmay be a notification that is given also for other purposes.for the purposes of subsection (2) an authority gives a person notification of a decision, andthe person, or some other person who is an organiser of the event, asks the authority to review the decision.as soon as is reasonably practicable after the authority receives the request for the review, andin any event, by the end of 15 days beginning with the day on which the authority receives the request, andthat the person who asked for the review is given (electronically or otherwise) written notification of the decision made on the review, including the

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