Local Government Act 1985

Application of local government provisions

12 A residuary body shall be treated as a local authority or, as the case may be, as a principal council for the purposes of the following provisions of the principal Act—

(a) section 111 (subsidiary powers) ;

(b) sections 112 to 115 and 117 to 119 (staff);

(c) section 128(2) (protection of purchasers) ;

(d) sections 140, 140A and 140C (insurance of members etc.);

(e) section 146 (transfer of securities);

(f) section 223 (appearance in legal proceedings) ;

(g) sections 224, 225 and 229 to 233 (documents); and

(h) section 239 so far as it relates to opposing a local or personal Bill in Parliament and without the procedural requirements in subsection (2).

13 A residuary body shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of—

(a) the [1954 c. 56.] Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ;

(b) the [1962 c. 56.] Local Government (Records) Act 1962 ;

(c) Part III of the [1969 c. 48.] Post Office Act 1969 ;

(d) section 215 of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971;

(e) section 13(7)(f) of the [1973 c. 35.] Employment Agencies Act 1973 ;

(f) section 28 of the [1974 c. 37.] Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 ;

(g) sections 30, 38 and 41 of the [1976 c. 57.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

(h) section 71 of the [1976 c. 74.] Race Relations Act 1976 ;

(i) section 64 of the [1979 c. 55.] Justices of the Peace Act 1979 ;

(j) section 41 of the [1982 c. 30.] Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(k) paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the [1982 c. 41.] Stock Transfer Act 1982; and

(l) section 60 of the [1984 c. 28.] County Courts Act 1984.

14 A residuary body shall be included among the authorities or bodies to which the following enactments apply—

(a) section 11 of the [1961 c. 62.] Trustee Investments Act 1961 ;

(b) section 3(1) of the [1969 c. 57.] Employer's Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 ;

(c) section 5(2) of the [1976 c. 80.] Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 ; and

(d) section 140(1)(a) of the [1980 c. 51.] Housing Act 1980.

15 A residuary body shall be included among the bodies specified in section 99(4) of and Schedule 16 to the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980.

16 The London Residuary Body shall be included among the authorities to which section 5(3) of the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963 applies.

17 A residuary body shall be included in the local authorities mentioned in section 28(5)(a) of the [1967 c. 88.] Leasehold Reform Act 1967 and sections 29(5) and 38(1) of that Act shall be construed accordingly.

18 Without prejudice to paragraph 8 above, a residuary body shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of the [1970 c. 39.] Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 and, for the purposes of that Act as it applies in relation to a residuary body, the Secretary of State shall be treated as a public body.

19 A residuary body shall be included among the councils mentioned in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 20 to the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971.

20 A residuary body shall be included among the bodies specified in section 144(2)(a) of the [1972 c. 20.] Road Traffic Act 1972.

21 A residuary body shall be included among the bodies to which section 14 of the [1977 c. 42.] Rent Act 1977 applies and section 19(5)(aa) of that Act and section 80(1)(c) of the [1980 c. 51.] Housing Act 1980 shall be construed accordingly.

22 A residuary body shall be treated as a county council for the purposes of Part I of and Schedule 19 to the Housing Act 1980 and Part I of the [1984 c. 29.] Housing and Building Control Act 1984.

23 A residuary body shall be a public sector authority for the purposes of the [1984 c. 50.] Housing Defects Act 1984.