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(1)Any notice, order or other document which a local authority are authorised or required by or under any enactment (including any enactment in this Act) to give, make or issue may be signed on behalf of the authority by the proper officer of the authority.
(2)Any document purporting to bear the signature of the proper officer of the authority shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to have been duly given, made or issued by the authority of the local authority.
In this subsection the word “signature” includes a facsimile of a signature by whatever process reproduced.
(3)Where any enactment or instrument made under an enactment makes, in relation to any document or class of documents, provision with respect to the matters dealt with by one of the two foregoing subsections, that subsection shall not apply in relation to that document or class of documents.
[F1(4)In this section “local authority” includes a joint authority [F2and a police authority established under [F3section 3 of the Police Act 1996]][F4and the Metropolitan Police Authority]. . . F5. . ..]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 234(4) inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 30
F2Words in s. 234(4) inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 para. 14(e); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, arts. 4, 5, Sch.
F3Words in s. 234(4) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(1), 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(1)(2)(h)
F4Words in s. 234(4) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 35 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.
F5Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 234 amended by S.I. 1989/1815, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 5(d)
C2S. 234 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I.1991/1773, art. 8(2), Sch. 2
S. 234: certain functions transferred (7.8.1991) by S.I.1991/1773, art. 8, Sch. 2
S. 234 applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
S. 234: power to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this section conferred (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(xiv); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)
S. 234 extended (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 75 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2
C3S. 234 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), art. 21(2)(e)
S. 234 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), art. 21(2)(e)
C4S. 234(4) amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 1(n)
C5S. 234(4) modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(n)
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