On 16 December 2014 Council resolved that, subject to the approval of a business case (including the financial case) by the Chief Executive in consultation with the Lead Member for Corporate Governance: 1. Gloucester City Council’s legal service function be joined to One Legal; 2.Gloucester City Council’s legal service functions be delegated in accordance with Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 and under Part 1A Chapter 2 Section 9EA of the Local Government Act 2000; 3.Gloucester City Council’s staff be transferred under the principles of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 on 31 March 2015, or such other date as agreed; and 4.authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Lead Member for Corporate Governance, to enter into a Section 101 Agreement and other legal documentation and to take all necessary steps to implement the above mentioned resolutions. The decision to approve the business case will enable work to proceed on the joining of Gloucester City Council's legal service with One Legal as set out in the above mentioned Council resolution.