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
Borrowing
I1I22Control of borrowing
1
A local authority may not borrow money if doing so would result in a breach of—
a
the limit for the time being determined by or for it under section 3, or
b
any limit for the time being applicable to it under section 4.
2
The Secretary of State may, in relation to specific borrowing by a particular local authority, by direction disapply subsection (1)(b), so far as relating to any limit for the time being applicable under section 4(1).
3
A local authority may not, without the consent of the Treasury, borrow otherwise than in sterling.
4
This section applies to borrowing under any power for the time being available to a local authority under any enactment, whenever passed.
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)