Statutory Instruments
Local Government, England
Made
19th October 2010
Laid before Parliament
25th October 2010
Coming into force
15th November 2010
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) and after consulting in accordance with section 76(5) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:
1988 c. 41. Section 76 was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 19). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 76(4) are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, vested in the Welsh Ministers. Those functions were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2; see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Local Government Finance Act 1988. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers immediately after the end of the initial period as defined by section 161(5) of that Act.