The legislation places a duty on local authorities to promote understanding of the functions and democratic arrangements of the authority among local people.

Part 8 of the Act amends Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 in relation to "construction contracts" entered into after 1 October 2011.

[2] Part 3 of the Act provides for the establishment of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), and for the transfer to it of all the boundary-related functions of the Boundary Committee for England of the Electoral Commission.

[3] Part 3 also repeals the parts of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 which could have transferred the functions of each of the UK boundary commissions to the Electoral Commission.

The following orders have been made under section 59(1): Sections 103-107 provide for the Secretary of State to establish combined authorities covering the whole of two or more local government areas in England.