C1C2C3C4C6C5C8C7C9C10C11Part 1Capital finance etc and accounts
Meaning of “local authority” in Pt. 1 modified (28.3.2008) by Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), arts. 1, 20(7)(c)
Pt. 1 applied (15.1.2014) by Humber Bridge Act 2013 (c. vi), ss. 1(1), 8(4)
Pt. 1 applied in part (with modifications) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), Sch. 2 para. 7A(4)(7)(8), Sch. 4 para. 4A(4)(5) (as inserted (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 141(1)(2), 185(1))
Pt. 1 modified (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 17(2)(c)
Pt. 1 modified (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 17(2)(c)
Pt. 1 modified (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 17(2)(c)
Pt. 1 modified (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 21(2)(c), 36(2)(c)
Pt. 1 modified (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 15(2)
Pt. 1 modified (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 17(2)(c)
Pt. 1 applied (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 18(2)(c)
Chapter 1Capital finance etc
Investment
I1I212Power to invest
A local authority may invest—
a
for any purpose relevant to its functions under any enactment, or
b
for the purposes of the prudent management of its financial affairs.
F1This is subject to a direction under section 12A (risk-mitigation directions).
Meaning of “local authority” in Pt. 1 modified (5.3.2008) by Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), arts. 1, 9(9)(c)