London Local Authorities Act 2012

PART 1 Preliminary

1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the London Local Authorities Act 2012.

(2) This Act and the London Local Authorities Acts 1990 to 2007 may be cited together as the London Local Authorities Acts 1990 to 2012.

(3) This Act shall come into operation at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed but sections 11 (minor and consequential amendments) and 12 (Keeling Schedule) and Schedules 1 and 2 shall be deemed to have come into operation immediately after the other provisions of this Act.

2 General interpretation

In this Act—

• ”the Act of 2007" means the London Local Authorities Act 2007;

• ”authorised officer", in relation to a borough council, means—

  (a)

  any employee of the council;

  (b)

  any other person by whom, in pursuance of arrangements made with the council, any functions under this Act fall to be discharged; or

  (c)

  any employee of any such person,

  who is authorised in writing by the council to act in relation to the relevant provision of this Act;

• ”borough council" means London borough council and includes the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority and ”borough" and ”council" shall be construed accordingly.