Part I Best Value
Best value authorities
1 Best value authorities.
(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;
F3(d)
the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as 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;
F6(f)
the London Fire Commissioner;
F7(g)
an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal authorities);
F8(ga)
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F9(h)
an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England;
F10(ha)
an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
(hb)
a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;
F11(hc)
a sub-national transport body established under section 102E of the Local Transport Act 2008;
F12(hd)
a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
(i)
Transport for London;
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(2)
F15In this section, “English local authority” means
(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.
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F20(5)
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F21(6)
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F22(7)
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F23(8)
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2 Power to extend or disapply F24: Secretary of State.
(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—
F25(a)
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(b)
a levying body within the meaning of section 74(1) of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1988 F26 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) F27and which as regards the financial year beginning in 1989 had power to levy a rate by reference to property in England.
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(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, F29to the duty in section 3.
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(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.
F322APower to extend or disapply: F31Welsh Ministers
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