PART 3

CONSULTATION

7 Public consultation

(1) The local authority shall consult with the public in its administrative area in relation to its consideration of the setting of a local adjustment factor and, for that purpose, shall publish on its website and in one or more newspapers circulating in the administrative area in which the local adjustment factor would apply, a statutory Notice of Consideration of Setting a Local Adjustment Factor providing a period of at least 30 days during which written submissions will be accepted.

(2) The form set out in Schedule 3 is prescribed as the form to be used for the purposes of the notice referred to in paragraph (1).

(3) A report summarising the written submissions received from the public consultation shall be prepared under the direction of the Chief Executive.