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Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Cross Heading: Duties of particular officers is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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(1)It shall be the duty of every relevant authority—
(a)to designate one of their officers as the head of their paid service; and
(b)to provide that officer with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are, in his opinion, sufficient to allow his duties under this section to be performed.
(2)It shall be the duty of the head of a relevant authority’s paid service,where he considers it appropriate to do so in respect of any proposals of his with respect to any of the matters specified in subsection (3) below, to prepare a report to the authority setting out his proposals.
(3)Those matters are—
(a)the manner in which the discharge by the authority of their different functions is co-ordinated;
(b)the number and grades of staff required by the authority for the discharge of their functions;
(c)the organisation of the authority’s staff; and
(d)the appointment and proper management of the authority’s staff.
(4)It shall be the duty of the head of a relevant authority’s paid service,as soon as practicable after he has prepared a report under this section, to arrange for a copy of it to be sent to each member of the authority.
(5)It shall be the duty of a relevant authority to consider any report under this section by the head of their paid service at a meeting held not more than three months after copies of the report are first sent to members of the authority; and nothing in section 101 of the M1Local Government Act 1972 or in section 56 of [F1, or Schedule 10 or 20 to,] the M2Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (delegation) shall apply to the duty imposed by virtue of this subsection.
(6)In this section “relevant authority”—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, means a local authority of any of thedescriptions specified in paragraphs (a) to (e)[F2, (ja) and (jb)] of section 21(1) below; and
(b)in relation to Scotland, [F3council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994].
(7)This section shall come into force at the expiry of the period of two months beginning on the day this Act is passed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(5) repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 161(1)(3)(a), Sch. 14 (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F2Words in s. 4(6)(a) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 81(2); S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)
F3Words in s. 4(6)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 161(1)(3)(b) (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4 extended (E.W.) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 13(7)(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
S. 4 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 72(1) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2
C2S. 4 applied (E.) (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), arts. 1, 17(7)
C3S. 4 applied (E.) (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), arts. 1, 17(7)(a)
C4S. 4(2)-(6) applied (with modifications) (E.) (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), arts. 1, 17(6)
Marginal Citations
(1)It shall be the duty of every relevant authority—
(a)to designate one of their officers (to be known as “the monitoring officer”) as the officer responsible for performing the duties imposed by this section [F4and, where relevant, section 5A below]; and
(b)to provide that officer with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are, in his opinion, sufficient to allow those duties [F5and, where relevant, the duties under section 5A below] to be performed;
and [F6subject to subsection (1A) below] the officer so designated may be the head of the authority’s paid service [F7(or, in the case of a police authority established under [F8section 3 of the Police Act 1996][F9or the Metropolitan Police Authority], [F10the chief executive of the authority])] but shall not be their chief finance officer.
[F11(1A)The officer designated under subsection (1) above by a relevant authority to which this subsection applies may not be the head of that authority’s paid service.
(1B)Subsection (1A) above applies to the following relevant authorities in England and Wales—
(a)a county council,
(b)a county borough council,
(c)a district council,
(d)a London borough council,
(e)the Greater London Authority, and
(f)the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority.]
(2)[F12Subject to subsection (2B),] it shall be the duty of a relevant authority’s monitoring officer, if it at any time appears to him that any proposal, decision or omission by the authority, by any committee, [F13or sub-committee of the authority, by any person holding any office or employment under the authority] or by any joint committee on which the authority are represented constitutes, has given rise to or is likely to or would give rise to—
(a)a contravention by the authority, by any committee, [F13or sub-committee of the authority, by any person holding any office or employment under the authority] or by any such joint committee of any enactment or rule of law [F14or of any code of practice made or approved by or under any enactment]; or
[F15(aa)any such maladministration or failure as is mentioned in Part 3 of the Local Government Act 1974 (Local Commissioners), or]
(b)any such maladministration or injustice as is mentioned in F16... Part II of the M3Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (which makes corresponding provision for Scotland)[F17; or
(c)a matter which the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales would be entitled to investigate under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005,]
to prepare a report to the authority with respect to that proposal, decision or omission.
[F18(2A)No duty shall arise by virtue of subsection (2)(b) above unless a Local Commissioner (within the meaning of the M4Local Government Act 1974) has conducted an investigation under Part III of that Act in relation to the proposal, decision or omission concerned.]
[F19(2AA)No duty shall arise by virtue of subsection (2)(c) above unless the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has conducted an investigation under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 in relation to the proposal, decision or omission concerned.]
[F20(2B)Where a relevant authority are operating executive arrangements, the monitoring officer of the relevant authority shall not make a report under subsection (2) in respect of any proposal, decision or omission unless it is a proposal, decision or omission made otherwise than by or on behalf of the relevant authority’s executive.]
(3)It shall be the duty of a relevant authority’s monitoring officer—
(a)in preparing a report under this section to consult so far as practicable with the [F21person who is for the time being designated as the head of the authority’s paid service under section 4 above] and with their chief finance officer; and
(b)as soon as practicable after such a report has been prepared by him or his deputy, to arrange for a copy of it to be sent to each member of the authority [F22and, in a case where the relevant authority have a mayor and council manager executive, to the council manager of the authority].
[F23(3A)The references in subsection (2) above, in relation to a relevant authority in England, to a committee or sub-committee of the authority and to a joint committee on which they are represented shall be taken to include references to—
(a)any inshore fisheries and conservation authority (“IFC authority”) the members of which include persons who are members of the relevant authority, and
(b)any sub-committee appointed by such an authority;
but in relation to any such IFC authority or sub-committee the reference in subsection (3)(b) above to each member of the authority shall have effect as a reference to each member of the IFC authority or, as the case may be, of the IFC authority which appointed the sub-committee.]
F24(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)It shall be the duty of a relevant authority [F25and of any IFC authority falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (3A) above] [F26and of any such committee as is mentioned in subsection (4) above]—
(a)to consider any report under this section by a monitoring officer or his deputy at a meeting held not more than twenty-one days after copies of the report are first sent to members of the authority [F27or committee]; and
(b)without prejudice to any duty imposed by virtue of section 115 of the M5Local Government Finance Act 1988 (duties in respect of conduct involving contraventions of financial obligations) or otherwise, to ensure that no step is taken for giving effect to any proposal or decision to which such a report relates at any time while the implementation of the proposal or decision is suspended in consequence of the report;
and nothing in section 101 of the M6Local Government Act 1972 or in section 56 of F28... the M7Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (delegation) shall apply to the duty imposed by virtue of paragraph (a) above.
(6)For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (5) above the implementation of a proposal or decision to which a report under this section relates shall be suspended in consequence of the report until the end of the first business day after the day on which consideration of that report under paragraph (a) of that subsection is concluded.
(7)The duties of a relevant authority’s monitoring officer under this section shall be performed by him personally or, where he is unable to act owing to absence or illness, personally by such member of his staff as he has for the time being nominated as his deputy for the purposes of this section.
[F29(7A)Subsection (7) above shall have effect subject to section 82A of the Local Government Act 2000 (monitoring officers: delegation of functions under Part 3 of that Act).]
(8)In this section [F30and in section 5A]—
“business day”, in relation to a relevant authority, means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or any day which is a bank holiday under the M8Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in the part of Great Britain where the area of the authority is situated;
“chief finance officer”, in relation to a relevant authority, means the officer having responsibility, for the purposes of section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972, section 73 of the M9Local Government Act 1985, section 112 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [F31, section 127(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999] or section 6 below or for the purposes of section 95 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, for the administration of the authority’s financial affairs; [F32and]
[F33“inshore fisheries and conservation authority” means the authority for an inshore fisheries and conservation district established under section 149 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;]
“relevant authority”—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, means a local authority of any of the descriptions specified in paragraphs (a) to [F34(k)] of section 21(1) below; and
(b)in relation to Scotland, means a local authority.
[F35(8A)Any reference in this section to the duties of a monitoring officer imposed by this section, or to the duties of a monitoring officer under this section, shall include a reference to the functions which are conferred on a monitoring officer by virtue of Part III of the Local Government Act 2000.]
(9)This section shall come into force at the expiry of the period of two months beginning on the day this Act is passed.
Textual Amendments
F4Words in s. 5(1)(a) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(a); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(a)
F5Words in s. 5(1)(b) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(b); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(b)
F6Words in s. 5(1) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(2)
F7Words in s. 5(1)(b) inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 35(a); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch. (subject to art. 5)
F8Words in s. 5(1) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103(1), 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(1)(2)(zd)
F9Words in s. 5(1) inserted (for certain purposes on the “operative date" (as defined in art. 1(2)(c) of S.I. 2000/1095) and on 3.7.2000 for all other purposes) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 62 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1095, art. 4(2)(c)
F10Words in s. 5(1) substituted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), s. 53(1), Sch. 14 para. 16; S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(p) (with art. 6)
F11S. 5(1A)(1B) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(3)
F12Words in s. 5(2) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(c); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(c)
F13Words in s. 5(2) substituted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 35(b); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch. (subject to art. 5)
F14Words in s. 5(2)(a) repealed (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1)(2), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(4), Sch. 6
F15S. 5(2)(aa) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 12 para. 14(2)(a); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(n) (with art. 6(5))
F16Words in s. 5(2)(b) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 12 para. 14(2)(b), Sch. 18 Pt. 14; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(n)(ii)(v) (with art. 6(5))
F17S. 5(2)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 24(2); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
F18S. 5(2A) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(6)
F19S. 5(2AA) inserted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 24(3); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
F20S. 5(2B) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(d); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(d)
F21Words in s. 5(3)(a) substituted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 35(c); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch. (subject to art. 5)
F22Words in s. 5(3)(b) added (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(e); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(e)
F23S. 5(3A) inserted (1.10.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(2); S.I. 2010/2195, art. 3(2)(l)
F24S. 5(4) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))
F25Words in s. 5(5) inserted (1.10.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(3); S.I. 2010/2195, art. 3(2)(l)
F26Words in s. 5(5) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))
F27Words in s. 5(5)(a) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))
F28Words in s. 5(5) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 161(1)(4), Sch. 14 (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F29S. 5(7A) inserted (E.W.) (18.11.2003) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 113(3), 128(2)(d)
F30Words in s. 5(8) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(f); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(f)
F31S. 5(8): words in the definition of "chief finance officer" inserted (8.5.2000 for specified purposes, otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 132(1)(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, arts. 3, 4
F32Word in s. 5(8) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))
F33Words in s. 5(8) inserted (1.10.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(4); S.I. 2010/2195, art. 3(2)(l)
F34S. 5(8): words in para. (a) of the definition of "relevant authority" substituted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(7)
F35S. 5(8A) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(8)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 5 extended (E.W.) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 13(7)(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
C6S. 5 applied (with modifications) (23.11.1995) by S.I. 1995/2803, art. 19(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(3)
C7S. 5 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 73 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2 (as amended: (27.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1435, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5; (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107, 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(5), Sch. 6; and (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 49; and (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 38; S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i))
C8S. 5 extended (with modifications) (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 36, Sch. 5 para. 15 (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2
C9S. 5 applied (E.) (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), arts. 1, 17(7)
C10S. 5 applied (E.) (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), arts. 1, 17(7)(b)
C11S. 5 applied (E.) (24.3.2005) by The New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/421), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 9(3)
C12S. 5 applied (E.) (24.3.2010) by The South Downs National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/497), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 9(3)
C13S. 5(1) applied (10.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1095, art. 6(5)(a)
C14S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), arts. 1, 8(4)
C15S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), arts. 1, 17(4)
Marginal Citations
(1)Where a relevant authority are operating executive arrangements, the monitoring officer of that authority shall be responsible for performing the duties imposed by this section.
(2)It shall be the duty of the monitoring officer of a relevant authority that is referred to in subsection (1) above, if at any time it appears to him that any proposal, decision or omission, in the course of the discharge of functions of the relevant authority, by or on behalf of the relevant authority’s executive, constitutes, has given rise to or is likely to or would give rise to any of the events referred to in subsection (3), to prepare a report to the executive of the authority with respect to that proposal, decision or omission.
(3)The events referred to for the purposes of subsection (2) are—
(a)a contravention, by the relevant authority’s executive or any person on behalf of the executive, of any enactment or rule of law; or
(b)any such maladministration or [F37failure] as is mentioned in Part III of the Local Government Act 1974 F38 (Local Commissioners)[F39; or
(c)a matter which the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales would be entitled to investigate under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005.]
(4)No duty shall arise by virtue of subsection (3)(b) above unless a Local Commissioner (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1974) has conducted an investigation under Part III of that Act in relation to the proposal, decision or omission concerned.
[F40(4A)No duty shall arise by virtue of subsection (3)(c) above unless the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has conducted an investigation under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 in relation to the proposal, decision or omission concerned.]
(5)It shall be the duty of an authority’s monitoring officer—
(a)in preparing a report under subsection (2) to consult so far as practicable with the person who is for the time being designated as the head of the authority’s paid service under section 4 above and with their chief finance officer; and
(b)as soon as practicable after such a report has been prepared by him or his deputy, to arrange for a copy of it to be sent to each member of the authority and, where the authority has a mayor and council manager executive, the council manager.
(6)It shall be the duty of the authority’s executive—
(a)to consider any report under this section by a monitoring officer or his deputy at a meeting held not more than twenty-one days after copies of the report are first sent to members of the executive; and
(b)without prejudice to any duty imposed by virtue of section 115B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (duties of executive as regards reports) or otherwise, to ensure that no step is taken for giving effect to any proposal or decision to which such a report relates at any time while the implementation of the proposal or decision is suspended in consequence of the report.
(7)For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (6) above the implementation of a proposal or decision to which a report under this section, by a monitoring officer or his deputy, relates shall be suspended in consequence of the report until the end of the first business day after the day on which consideration of that report under paragraph (a) of that subsection is concluded.
(8)As soon as practicable after the executive has concluded its consideration of the report of the monitoring officer or his deputy, the executive shall prepare a report which specifies—
(a)what action (if any) the executive has taken in response to the report of the monitoring officer or his deputy;
(b)what action (if any) the executive proposes to take in response to that report and when it proposes to take that action; and
(c)the reasons for taking the action specified in the executive’s report or, as the case may be, for taking no action.
(9)As soon as practicable after the executive has prepared a report under subsection (8), the executive shall arrange for a copy of it to be sent to each member of the authority and the authority’s monitoring officer.
(10)The duties of an authority’s monitoring officer under this section shall be performed by him personally or, where he is unable to act owing to absence or illness, personally by such member of his staff as he has for the time being nominated as his deputy for the purposes of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F36S. 5A inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/3327, arts. 1(2), 23(2); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(2)
F37Word in s. 5A(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 12 para. 14(3); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(n) (with art. 6(5))
F39S. 5A(3)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 25(2); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
F40S. 5A(4A) inserted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 25(3); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C16S. 5A(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), arts. 1, 8(4)
C17S. 5A(2)(5) applied (with modifications) (E.) (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), arts. 1, 17(4)
(1)On and after the commencement day the Common Council shall—
(a)make arrangements for the proper administration of such of its financial affairs as relate to it in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority, and
(b)secure that one of its officers has responsibility for the administration of those affairs.
(2)Section 17 of the M10City of London Sewers Act 1897 (functions of the chamberlain of the City of London as regards financial affairs) shall cease to have effect on the commencement day.
(3)On and after the commencement day the person having responsibility for the administration of certain of the financial affairs of the Common Council under subsection (1) above shall—
(a)be a member of one or more of the bodies specified in subsection (5)below; or
(b)be the person who immediately before that day was the chamberlain of the City of London; or
(c)be a person who qualifies by virtue of section 113(2)(b) of the M11Local Government Finance Act 1988 (existing office holders) as a person who may be given responsibility for the financial affairs of an authority mentioned in section 111(2)(a) to (k) of that Act; or
(d)fulfil two or more of those conditions.
(4)On and after the commencement day the person having responsibility for the administration of the financial affairs of a new successor body under section 73 of the M12Local Government Act 1985 shall—
(a)be a member of one or more of the bodies specified in subsection (5)below; or
(b)be the person who immediately before that day had responsibility for the administration of the financial affairs of the body concerned under the said section 73; or
(c)be a person who qualifies by virtue of section 113(2)(b) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (existing office holders) as a person who may be given responsibility for the financial affairs of an authority mentioned insection 111(2)(a) to (k) of that Act; or
(d)fulfil two or more of those conditions.
(5)The bodies referred to in subsections (3)(a) and (4)(a) above are—
(a)the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;
(b)the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;
(c)the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants;
(d)the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy;
(e)the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland;
(f)the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants;
(g)any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and forthe time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.
(6)The Secretary of State may make regulations containing, as regards the Common Council and any new successor body to which section 73 of the M13Local Government Act 1985 applies, provisions equivalent to sections 114 to 116 of the M14Local Government Finance Act 1988 (reports etc.) subject to—
(a)modifications to confine the provisions to the Common Council in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority; and
(b)any other modifications the Secretary of State thinks fit;
and any such regulations may contain such incidental provision and such supplemental, consequential and transitional provision in connection with their other provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(7)In this section—
“the commencement day” means the day on which this section comes into force;
“the Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London;
“new successor body” means a body corporate established at any time by an order under section 67(3) of the Local Government Act 1985 (new body succeeding to residuary body’s functions).
(8)This section shall come into force at the expiry of the period of two months beginning on the day this Act is passed.
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