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

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1998 Act” means the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 M1 ;

“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999 M2 ;

F1 ...

“the Commission” means the Commission of the European Communities;

“commitment” means an agreement entered into by [F2 the GLA] or a global grant body in relation to an award of assistance granted by the Fund;

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No.1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No.1260/1999 M3 ;

“the Fund” means the European Regional Development Fund, being one of the two Structural Funds referred to in Article 1;

“the Fund contribution” means the contribution from the Fund made available for the Operational Programme;

“the GLA” means the Greater London Authority established by section 1 of the 1999 Act;

“global grant body” means a body entrusted under Article 42(1) with the management and implementation of a part of the Operating Programme;

“intermediate body” has the meaning given by Article 2;

[F3 “intermediate body functions” means the functions entrusted to the GLA by virtue of its designation as an intermediate body by regulation 3(1);]

[F4 “London region” has the same meaning as “Greater London” in section 2 of the London Government Act 1963 M4 ;]

“the Managing Authority” means the authority designated under Article 59(1)(a) as the managing authority for the Operational Programme;

“Operational Programme” means the document M5 which—

(a)

is an “operational programme” within the meaning given by Article 2; and

(b)

sets out the development strategy to be carried out with the aid of the Fund in the London region as a contribution towards achieving the Regional competitiveness and employment objective referred to in Article 3(2); and

[F5 “Schedule of Functions” means the document published by the Secretary of State on 17^th May 2011 under the title “Schedule of Functions of the Managing Authority for the European Regional Development Fund: Operational Programme covering the Regional competitiveness and employment objective for London 2011”, prepared for the purpose of defining the functions of the bodies concerned in the management and control of the Operational Programme.]

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to an Article is a reference to an Article of the Council Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.7.2011) by virtue of The European Regional Development Fund (Operational Programmes) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1398), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(a) (with reg. 7)

F2 Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.7.2011) by The European Regional Development Fund (Operational Programmes) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1398), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(b) (with reg. 7)

F3 Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.7.2011) by The European Regional Development Fund (Operational Programmes) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1398), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(c) (with reg. 7)

F4 Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.3.2012) by The Localism Act 2011 (Housing and Regeneration Functions in Greater London) (Consequential, Transitory, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/666), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1 (with arts. 3, 4)

F5 Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.7.2011) by The European Regional Development Fund (Operational Programmes) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1398), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(d) (with reg. 7)

Marginal Citations

M1 1998 c.45. The Act is amended, so far as it relates to the London Development Agency, by Part 5 of, and Schedule 25 to, the 1999 Act.

M2 1999 c.29.

M3 OJ No L 210, 31.7.2006, p.25.

M4 1963 c.33

M5 The document is entitled “the operational programme for Community assistance from the European Regional Development Fund under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective in the region of London in the United Kingdom” and was adopted by the Commission on 7th December 2007.