409Functions of Council in relation to local regulatory authorities

409 Functions of Council in relation to local regulatory authorities

409 Functions of Council in relation to local regulatory authorities

(1) The Council has the following functions in relation to local regulatory authorities—

(a) to promote consistency in the exercise of functions of local regulatory authorities (other than Chapter 5 functions);

(b) for the purpose of promoting consistency—to monitor and review the exercise of functions of local regulatory authorities (other than Chapter 5 functions);

(c) to include in its annual report a report on the implementation of the provisions of this Law and the Uniform Rules that confer or impose functions on local regulatory authorities;

(d) to report to the Standing Committee, with any comments that it thinks fit, on any matter relating to or connected with the exercise of functions of local regulatory authorities to which, in the opinion of the Council, the attention of the Standing Committee should be drawn;

(e) to recommend to the Standing Committee any changes to the role or functions of local regulatory authorities under this Law or the Uniform Rules that the Council thinks desirable;

(f) to inquire into any question in connection with the functions of local regulatory authorities that is referred to it by the Standing Committee and report to the Standing Committee on that question.

(2) No liability attaches to the Council or a member of the Council for any act or omission done or omitted by a local regulatory authority, or a delegate of a local regulatory authority, in the exercise or purported exercise of functions under this Law or the Uniform Rules.

(3) In this section—

functions of local regulatory authorities means functions of local regulatory authorities under this Law or the Uniform Rules.