The New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005

PART 1 E+W ADMINISTRATION

Members' allowances E+W

1.—(1) Section 175(3B) of the 1972 Act(1) (allowances for attending conferences and meetings) shall apply as if the Authority were a combined body all the members of which are representatives of local authorities.

(2) Section 177(1)(b) of the 1972 Act(2) (supplementary provisions) shall apply as if the Authority were a body specified in section 21(1) of the 1989 Act, as referred to in section 177(1)(a) of the 1972 Act.

Financial administration E+W

2.  Part VIII (financial administration) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(3) (“the 1988 Act”) shall apply as if —

(a) the Authority were a relevant authority for the purposes of that Part; and

(b) references to “commencement day” were references to 1st April 2005.

Standing orders. E+W

3.—(1) The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) Regulations 1993(4) shall apply as if—

(a) in regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1, the Authority were a relevant authority within the meaning of regulation 1;

(b) in regulation 4 and Schedule 2, the Authority were a council mentioned in paragraph (1) of that regulation; and

(c) in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, the reference to a meeting called under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act were a reference to an extraordinary meeting of the Authority.

(2) Regulations 6 and 7 of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001(5) shall apply as if the Authority were a local authority as mentioned in regulations 6 and 7 of those Regulations.

(1)

Subsection (3B) is inserted by section 25(3) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), and amended by paragraph 27(b) of Schedule 11 to the 1989 Act. Section 175 applies to National Park authorities by virtue of paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 7 to the 1995 Act.

(2)

Section 177(1) was substituted by paragraph 28 of Schedule 11 to the 1989 Act.

(3)

1988 c. 41.

(4)

S.I. 1993/202, amended by S.I. 2001/3384.

(5)

S.I. 2001/3384.