| 1 | Key changes under the Health and Social Care Act 2012: a ... A quick guide to the main changes being introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, including details of key implementation dates. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Public body decision-making and challenges to decision ... A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on public body decision-making and challenges to decision-making, including links to all the relevant materials. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Acting as a legal adviser to a decision-maker This note provides a practical guide to the substantive law relating to the role of legal adviser to decision-making bodies. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Central government: sources of powers This note explains what "central government" means in the UK, and sets out the legal sources of its power. It explains, with examples, the range of powers Parliament confers on ministers and other parts of the executive, including powers to legislate; it also discusses European law and how it interacts with domestic legislation to enable government to act within EU law. It explains the Crown's "prerogative powers", giving examples and briefly discussing proposals for their reform, and sets out how the government can rely on the common law to take various actions that are not specifically authorised by legislation or the prerogative (for example, entering into contracts). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Commissioning and conducting public investigations and ... This practice note provides an introduction to the substantive issues and law relating to the commissioning and conduct of investigations and inquiries. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Decision-making by public bodies: avoiding legal challenge A practical guide to the substantive law relating to decision-making by public bodies. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Delegation of statutory powers This practice note discusses ways that recipients of statutory functions can arrange for their powers and duties to be exercised or performed by others. In particular, the note discusses the Carltona doctrine and the use of statutory regimes for contracting-out and delegation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Ensuring a fair hearing A practice note on how to ensure that a tribunal hearing is fair. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Human Rights Act 1998: overview A note on the European Convention on Human Rights and its interaction with the Human Rights Act 1998 including links to relevant PLC content. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Human rights law: an introductory guide for government and ... This practice note explains the basis and nature of human rights law as it applies to UK public bodies. It sets out the origin and importance for the UK of the European Convention on Human Rights, giving examples of the rights guaranteed and explaining the standard and method of their protection, before discussing the Human Rights Act 1998. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Interpreting legislation under section 3 of the Human Rights ... This practice note explains the rule under section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, so far as possible, legislation must be read and given effect in a way compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The note explains: The scope of the rule and how it applies to various types of legislation. How the courts have approached its application. The limits of what kinds of interpretation are "possible" to achieve human rights compliance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Local government: exercising the power to trade commercially This practice note explains the power to trade commercially in function-related activities. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Local government: statutory powers and duties and their ... There are legal consequences for local authorities resulting from their corporate status. This Practice note explains these consequences and deals with the main issue arising out of statutory creations; the ultra vires doctrine. The two strands of the doctrine are explained: firstly whether a local authority has capacity to do what it wants to do and secondly whether it exercises the statutory power in a manner consistent with public law principles. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Localism Act 2011 A practice note on the measures set out in the Localism Act, which received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011, and their implications for local government. Key measures covered in the note include: The general power of competence. Reforms of the planning system. Changes to local government governance. Reform of the delivery of social housing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Localism Act 2011: neighbourhood development orders A note on neighbourhood development orders introduced by the Localism Act 2011. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Localism Act 2011: the general power of competence A practice note on the general power of competence under sections 1 to 5 of the Localism Act 2011. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Partnerships between local government and NHS bodies This note sets out the relevant powers enabling local authorities and NHS bodies to enter into partnership arrangements and discusses the practical issues that should be considered in relation to the partnering arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Public sector reorganisations A practice note outlining the various methods of reorganising public sector undertakings. This note has been updated by the contributors following the Public Bodies Bill receiving Royal Assent on 14 December 2011. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Re-use of public sector information A practice note outlining the legislative framework introduced by Council Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | The well-being power under the Local Government Act 2000 The well-being power in section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 is a key provision for local government. It appeared to relax the doctrine of ultra vires and offer the opportunity for innovative partnerships between local government and their partners. On 18 February 2012, the general power of competence was brought into force in respect of principal local authorities. The power significantly enhances the powers of local authorities in England. The well-being power continues to apply to Welsh authorities. For more information, see Practice note, Localism Act 2011: the general power of competence. | Practice notes | Maintained |