The European Regional Development Fund (London Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2008

Provision relating to payment of the contribution from the FundU.K.

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10.—(1) In the documents that set up the system of management and control of the Operational Programme in accordance with the general principles laid down by Article 58, the Secretary of State shall make provision in relation to—

(a)payments by the Managing Authority of the Fund contribution;

(b)payments by [F1the GLA] from the Fund contribution; and

(c)the certification and audit of such payments.

(2) The documents referred to in paragraph (1) may include provision for—

(a)payment to [F2the GLA] of both instalments of the pre-financing amount for the Programme paid by the Commission in accordance with Article 82(1)(a);

(b)payments to global grant bodies;

(c)payments pursuant to a commitment;

(d)relations which [F2the GLA] has with the certifying authority and the audit authority; and

(e)relations which global grant bodies have with [F2the GLA], the certifying authority and the audit authority.

(3) The amount of any payment to [F3the GLA] of the Fund contribution shall not be a resource of [F3the GLA], and the expenditure by [F3the GLA] of that contribution shall be expenditure of the Fund and not expenditure of [F3the GLA].

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(8) In this regulation—

(a)“the audit authority” means the authority designated for the Operational Programme under Article 59(1)(c); and

(b)“the certifying authority” means the authority designated for the Operational Programme under Article 59(1)(b).

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