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(1)For financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1990, this Part has effect with respect to the finances of the following authorities (in this Part referred to as “local authorities”)—
(a)a county council;
[F1[F2(aa)]a county borough council;]
(b)a district council;
[F3(bb)the Greater London Authority;
(bc)a functional body, within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;]
(c)a London borough council; [F4or]
(d)the Common Council of the City of London;
(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
[F5(ea)the Greater London Magistrates’ Courts Authority;]
(f)an authority established under section 10 of the M1Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal authorities);
(g)a joint authority established by Part IV of that Act ([F6police,]fire services, civil defence and transport);
F7(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F8(hh)a joint planning board constituted for an area in Wales outside a National Park by an order under section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;]
(i)the Broads Authority;
[F9(ia)a National Park authority;]
[F10(ib)a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme made under section 6 of the Fire Services Act 1947 in consequence of an order made under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 [F11or section 17 of the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003] or in consequence of the provisions of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;]
[F12(j)a police authority established under [F13section 3 of the Police Act 1996]]; M2
(ja)F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(k)any other body prescribed by regulations under subsection (3) below.
(2)The reference in subsection (1)(d) above to the Common Council of the City of London is a reference to that Council in their capacity as a local authority, a police authority or a port health authority.
(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe for the purposes of subsection (1)(k) above any body which is (or any class of bodies each of which is)—
(a)a levying body, within the meaning of section 74 of the M3Local Government Finance Act 1988;
(b)a body to which section 75 of that Act applies (bodies having power to issue special levies);
[F15(c)a body to which section 118 of that Act applies;
(d)a local precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992; or
(e)the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.]
(4)Regulations under subsection (3) above may provide that, in relation to a body prescribed by the regulations, the following provisions of this Part shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be specified in the regulations.
(5)For the purposes of the application of this Part, the Secretary of State may by order make provision for treating things done by or to—
(a)a company which, in accordance with Part V of this Act, is under the control of a local authority, or
(b)a company which, in accordance with that Part, is for the time being subject to the influence of an authority, or
(c)a trust to which, by virtue of an order under section 72 below, the provisions of section 69 below are applicable, or
(d)a Passenger Transport Executive and any company which, in accordance with that Part, is either under the control or for the time being subject to the influence of such an Executive,
in such cases and to such extent as may be provided in the order as if they were done by or to the local authority specified or determined in accordance with the order; and, where an order so provides in relation to a local authority, that authority together with any companies and Executive concerned are in subsection (6) below referred to as members of a local authority group.
(6)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5) above, an order under that subsection—
(a)may provide for the application of the provisions of this Part to the members of a local authority group subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order;
(b)may make provision as to the way in which dealings between members of a local authority group and changes in the capitalisation or capital structure of any company in a local authority group are to be brought into account for the purposes of this Part; and
(c)may contain such incidental, supplementary and transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(7)The power to make an order under subsection (5) above—
(a)shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment inpursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; and
(b)may make different provision in relation to different cases or descriptions of case.
(8)This Part has effect in place of the provisions of Part VIII of the M4Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 39(1)(bb) inserted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 88 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5
F2S. 39(1)(bb) renumbered as para. (aa) (8.5.2000 for certain purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 111(1)(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 2, 3
F3S. 39(1)(bb)(bc) inserted (8.5.2000 for certain purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 111(1)(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2, Sch. Pts. 2, 3
F4Word in s. 39(1)(c) inserted (8.5.2000 for certain purposes otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 111(1)(4) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2, Sch. Pts. 2, 3
F5S. 39(1)(ea) inserted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 83, Sch. 12 paras. 4, 5 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(i) (with savings in Sch. 2 para. 2)
F6Word in s. 39(1)(g) repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch. (subject to art. 5)
F7S. 39(1)(h) repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss.7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2 Sch.
F8S. 39(1)(hh) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 31(1)(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2(1)
F9S. 39(1)(ia) inserted (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 73, 125(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
F10S. 39(1)(ib) substituted for para. (ia) (13.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/633, art. 2
F11Words in s. 39(1)(ib) inserted (8.5.2003) by Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003 (c. 10), s. 27(2), Sch. para. 4
F12S. 39(1)(j) substituted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 30; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4 Sch. (subject to art. 5)
F13Words in s. 39(1)(j) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7, Pt. I para. 1(2)(zd)
F14S. 39(1)(ja) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 128(1), 137, Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 51, Sch. 7 Pt. V para. 1; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F15S. 39(3)(c)(d)(e) substituted for s. 39(3)(c)(d) (2.11.1992) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 117(1), Sch. 13 para. 90 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4)); S.I. 1992/2454, art. 2
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