Local Government Act 2003

29 Budget monitoring: Greater London Authority

(1) Where in relation to a financial year the Greater London Authority has made the calculations required by section 85(3) to (7) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) (calculation of component budget requirement for each constituent body), each of the bodies in respect of which the calculations have been made must from time to time during the year review the calculations relating to it.

(2) In carrying out a review under subsection (1), a body must use the same figures for financial reserves as those used in the calculations under review, except in the case of financial reserves to meet a revenue account deficit from an earlier financial year.

(3) If as a result of carrying out a review under subsection (1) it appears to the body that carried out the review that there has been a deterioration in its financial position, it must—

(a) take such action, if any, as it considers necessary to deal with the situation, and

(b) if it is a functional body, report the deterioration to—

(i) the Mayor of London, and

(ii) the Chair of the London Assembly.

(4) A report under subsection (3)(b) shall—

(a) include a statement of the reasons for the deterioration, and

(b) set out what action, if any, the body making the report proposes to take to deal with the situation.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (3), there is a deterioration in a body’s financial position if on the review an amount falls to be calculated under section 85(6) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (component budget requirement) and—

(a) none fell to be calculated under that provision at the time of the calculations under review, or

(b) an amount did then fall to be calculated under that provision and the amount then calculated is less than the amount calculated on the review.

(6) Where substitute calculations have effect, it is those calculations to which the duty under subsection (1) applies.

(7) In this section, “functional body” has the same meaning as in the Greater London Authority Act 1999.