SCHEDULE 12Related amendments
Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26)
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The Local Government Act 2003 is amended as follows.
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(1)
Section 21 (accounting practices) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (4) (enactments to which definition of proper practices applies) omit paragraph (d) (the Audit Commission Act 1998).
(3)
“(6)
In this section, “local authority” includes—
(a)
a parish council,
(b)
a parish meeting of a parish which does not have a separate parish council,
(c)
a community council,
(d)
a Passenger Transport Executive,
(e)
the London Waste and Recycling Board,
(f)
charter trustees (within the meaning of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014),
(g)
a port health authority for a port health district that is wholly in England,
(h)
a conservation board established by order of the Secretary of State under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000,
(i)
a chief constable for a police force for a police area in England,
(j)
the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
(k)
an internal drainage board for an internal drainage district—
(i)
wholly in England, or
(ii)
partly in England and partly in Wales, and
(l)
any other person or body which for the time being is a relevant authority for the purposes of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and—
(i)
is not listed in paragraphs (a) to (k) or section 23(1),
(ii)
is not a health service body (within the meaning of that Act),
(iii)
is not specified in regulations under section 23(2), and
(iv)
does not fall within a class of bodies so specified.”
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“(3)
In this section, “local authority” includes—
(a)
a parish council,
(b)
a parish meeting of a parish which does not have a separate parish council,
(c)
a community council,
(d)
a Passenger Transport Executive,
(e)
the London Waste and Recycling Board,
(f)
charter trustees (within the meaning of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014),
(g)
a port health authority for a port health district that is wholly in England,
(h)
a conservation board established by order of the Secretary of State under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000,
(i)
a chief constable for a police force for a police area in England,
(j)
the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
(k)
an internal drainage board for an internal drainage district—
(i)
wholly in England, or
(ii)
partly in England and partly in Wales, and
(l)
any other person or body which for the time being is a relevant authority for the purposes of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and—
(i)
is not listed in paragraphs (a) to (k) or section 23(1),
(ii)
is not a health service body (within the meaning of that Act),
(iii)
is not specified in regulations under section 23(2), and
(iv)
does not fall within a class of bodies so specified.”
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“(1A)
Subsection (1) does not apply to section 21 to the extent that it confers functions on the Secretary of State in relation to a person or body that—
(a)
is a relevant authority for the purposes of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, and
(b)
exercises functions in relation to an area that is partly in England and partly in Wales.”
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Omit section 99 (categorisation of English local authorities by reference to performance).
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(1)
Section 100 (exercise of powers by reference to authorities' performance categories) is amended as follows.
(2)
Omit subsections (1) and (2).
(3)
In subsection (3), for “those powers” substitute “
certain powers
”
.
(4)
Omit subsections (4) to (8).