Propose a change

Local Government Act 2003

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

98 Procedure for orders under section 97: England

(1) Before making an order under section 97, the Secretary of State shall consult— (a) such relevant authorities as appear to him to be likely to be affected by his proposals, and (b) such other persons as appear to him to be representative of interests likely to be so affected. (2) If following consultation under subsection (1) ..., the Secretary of State proposes to make an order under section 97, he shall lay before each House of Parliament a document which— (a) explains his proposals, (b) sets them out in the form of a draft order, and (c) gives details of consultation under subsection (1), ... (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Where a document relating to proposals is laid before Parliament under subsection (2), no draft of an order under section 97 to give effect to the proposals (with or without modification) shall be laid before Parliament until after the expiry of the period of sixty days beginning with the day on which the document was laid. (4) In calculating the period mentioned in subsection (3), no account shall be taken of any time during which — (a) Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or (b) either House is adjourned for more than four days. (5) In preparing a draft order under section 97 the Secretary of State shall consider any representations made during the period mentioned in subsection (3). (6) A draft order laid before Parliament in accordance with section 97(9) must be accompanied by a statement of the Secretary of State giving details of— (a) any representations considered in accordance with subsection (5), and (b) any changes made to the proposals contained in the document laid before Parliament under subsection (2). (7) Nothing in this section applies to an order under section 97 which is made only for the purpose mentioned in section 97(10). (8) In this section, “relevant authority” has the meaning given in section 97.

Your change, as a redline

98 Procedure for orders under section 97: England

(1) Before making an order under section 97, the Secretary of State shall consult— (a) such relevant authorities as appear to him to be likely to be affected by his proposals, and (b) such other persons as appear to him to be representative of interests likely to be so affected. (2) If following consultation under subsection (1) ..., the Secretary of State proposes to make an order under section 97, he shall lay before each House of Parliament a document which— (a) explains his proposals, (b) sets them out in the form of a draft order, and (c) gives details of consultation under subsection (1), ... (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Where a document relating to proposals is laid before Parliament under subsection (2), no draft of an order under section 97 to give effect to the proposals (with or without modification) shall be laid before Parliament until after the expiry of the period of sixty days beginning with the day on which the document was laid. (4) In calculating the period mentioned in subsection (3), no account shall be taken of any time during which — (a) Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or (b) either House is adjourned for more than four days. (5) In preparing a draft order under section 97 the Secretary of State shall consider any representations made during the period mentioned in subsection (3). (6) A draft order laid before Parliament in accordance with section 97(9) must be accompanied by a statement of the Secretary of State giving details of— (a) any representations considered in accordance with subsection (5), and (b) any changes made to the proposals contained in the document laid before Parliament under subsection (2). (7) Nothing in this section applies to an order under section 97 which is made only for the purpose mentioned in section 97(10). (8) In this section, “relevant authority” has the meaning given in section 97.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds