Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I modified (18.11.2003 so far as relating to E. and so far as relating to a best value authority in W. mentioned in s. 101(7), 27.11.2003 so far as relating to a best value authority in W., other than one mentioned in s. 101(7)) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 101, 128(3)(b), 128(4)(c), 128(5), 128(6); S.I. 2003/2938, art. 2(b) (with art. 8 Sch.); S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I
(1)For the purposes of this Part each of these is a best value authority—
[F1(a)an English local authority;]
(b)a National Park authority [F2for a National Park in England];
(c)the Broads Authority;
(d)F3... a police authority;
[F4(e)a fire and rescue authority [F5in England] constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, and a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority;]
(f)the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;
[F6(g)an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal authorities);]
[F7(ga)an authority established for an area in England by an order under section 207 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (joint waste authorities);]
[F8(h)an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England;]
(i)Transport for London;
(j)the London Development Agency.
[F9(k)a Welsh best value authority.]
(2)[F10In this section, “English local authority” means]
(a)a county council [F11in England], a district council [F12or a London borough council];
(b)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(c)the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
(d)the Greater London Authority so far as it exercises its functions through the Mayor.
F13(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)[F14In this Part] “police authority” means—
(a)a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996;
(b)the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority;
(c)the Metropolitan Police Authority.
F15(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F16(6)For the purposes of this Part each of these is a [F17Welsh best value authority]—
(a)a local authority in Wales;
(b)a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;
F18(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)a fire and rescue authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.
(7) In subsection (6) “local authority in Wales” means a county council [F19or county borough council] in Wales.]
F20(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(a); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F2Words in s. 1(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F3Words in s. 1(1)(d) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(v)(i)
F4S. 1(1)(e) substituted (1.10.2004 except in relation to W., 10.11.2004 for W.) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 1 para. 91; S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2917, art. 2
F5Words in s. 1(1)(e) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(c); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F6S. 1(1)(g) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(d); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F7S. 1(1)(ga) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 13 para. 53; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(p)
F8S. 1(1)(h) substituted (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 62(2); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1
F9S. 1(1)(k) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(e); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F10Words in s. 1(2) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(a); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F11Words in s. 1(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(b); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F12Words in s. 1(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 136(1)(a), 245(5); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(a)
F13S. 1(3) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(4), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)(i)(v)
F14Words in s. 1(4) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(5); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F15S. 1(5) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(6), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)(i)(v)
F16S. 1(6)(7) inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1
F17Words in s. 1(6) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 144(1)(a), 245(5); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F18S. 1(6)(c) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 144(1)(b), 245(5), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)(i)(v)
F19Words in s. 1(7) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 136(1)(c), 245(5); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(a)
F20S. 1(8) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 2(7), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)(i)(v)
Commencement Information
I1 S. 1 wholly in force at 27.7.2000; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 27; s. 1(1)(d)(e)(4)(a)(b) in force at 10.8.1999 by S.I. 1999/2169, art. 2(1); s. 1(1)(a)(b)(c)(g)(h)(2)(a)(b)(c)(5) in force (E.) at 10.8.1999 and (W.) for certain purposes at 10.8.1999 by S.I. 1999/2169, art. 2(2), Sch. 1; s. 1(1)(a)(b)(g)(3)(5)(a) in force (W.) at 1.10.1999 by S.I. 1999/2815, art. 2; s. 1(1)(f)(i)(j)(2)(d)(4)(c) in force at 3.7.2000 in relation to England by S.I. 2000/1724, art. 2; s. 1 in force at 27.7.2000 in so far as not already in force see s. 27
(1)The Secretary of State may by order provide that any of the authorities and bodies mentioned in subsection (2) is a best value authority for the purposes of this Part.
(2)The authorities and bodies are—
F22(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)a levying body within the meaning of section 74(1) of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1988 [F23 in respect of which the county council or charging authority referred to in section 74(1)(b) of that Act was a council or authority for an area in England];
(c)a body to which section 75 of that Act applies (special levies) [F24and which as regards the financial year beginning in 1989 had power to levy a rate by reference to property in England].
F25(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The Secretary of State may by order provide for the Greater London Authority to be a best value authority for the purposes of this Part in relation to—
(a)specified functions of the Authority which it does not exercise through the Mayor;
(b)specified functions which are not functions of the Authority but are functions of another best value authority;
and an order may provide for this Part to have effect in relation to those functions with specified modifications.
(5)The Secretary of State may by order provide that a best value authority specified, or of a description specified, in the order is not to be subject, in relation to such functions as may be specified, [F26to the duty in section 3.]
[F27(5A)Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to a Welsh best value authority.]
(6)No order shall be made under this section unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F21Words in s. 2 title inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 3(2); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F22S. 2(2)(a) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 136(2), 245(5), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(a)(i)(v)
F23Words in s. 2(2)(b) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 3(3)(a); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F24Words in s. 2(2)(c) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 3(3)(b); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F25S. 2(3) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 3(4), Sch. 18 Pt. 8; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)(i)(v)
F26Words in s. 2(5) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 3(5); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F27S. 2(5A) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 3(6); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
Commencement Information
I2 S. 2 wholly in force at 27.7.2000; s. 2 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 27; s. 2(1)-(3) (5)(6) in force (E.) at 27.9.1999 and (W.) for certain purposes at 27.9.1999 by S.I. 1999/2169, art. 3(2), Sch. 2; s. 2(1)(2)(3)(5) in force at 1.10.1999 (W.) by S.I. 1999/2815, art. 2; s. 2(4) in force at 3.7.2000 in relation to England by S.I. 2000/1724, art. 2; s. 2 in force at 27.7.2000 in so far as not already in force see s. 27
Marginal Citations
(1)The [F30Welsh Ministers] may by order provide that any of the bodies mentioned in subsection (2) is a [F31Welsh best value authority] for the purposes of this Part.
(2)The bodies are—
(a)a levying body within the meaning of section 74(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [F32in respect of which the county council or charging authority referred to in section 74(1)(b) of that Act was a council or authority for an area in Wales];
(b)a body to which section 75 of that Act applies (special levies) [F33and which as regards the financial year beginning in 1989 had power to levy a rate by reference to property in Wales].
(3)An order under subsection (1) providing for a body to be a [F34Welsh best value authority] may provide for section 7 to have effect in relation to that body with specified modifications.
(4)The [F35Welsh Ministers] may by order provide that a [F36Welsh best value authority] specified, or of a description specified, in the order is not to be subject, in relation to such functions as may be specified, to a duty—
(a)which is specified in the order, and
(b)to which the authority would otherwise be subject under this Part.]
Textual Amendments
F28S. 2A inserted (1.4.2005) by Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23), s. 73, Sch. 1 para. 3; S.I. 2005/558, art. 2, Sch. 1
F29Words in s. 2A title substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(2); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F30Words in s. 2A(1) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(3); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F31Words in s. 2A(1) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(4); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F32Words in s. 2A(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(5)(a); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F33Words in s. 2A(2)(b) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(5)(b); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F34Words in s. 2A(3) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(4); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F35Words in s. 2A(4) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(3); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)
F36Words in s. 2A(4) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 8 para. 4(4); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(e)