The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 471

Local Government, England

The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2015

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made

7th January 2015

Laid before Parliament

12th January 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, after consultation with such associations of authorities to whom section 2 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980(1) applies as appear to the Secretary of State to be concerned and any such authority with whom consultation appears to the Secretary of State to be desirable, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, makes the following Order:

(1)

1980 c.65. Section 2 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51), sections 84 and 102 and Schedule 14, paragraph 59, Schedule 16, paragraph 57(1) and Schedule 17; Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40), section 237 and Schedule 13, Part 1; Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19), section 66(6) and Schedule 16, paragraph 57(1); Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), section 180(1) and Schedule 13, paragraph 120(2); Education Act 1996 (c.56), section 582(2) and Schedule 38, Part 1; Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29), section 328 and Schedule 29, Part 1, paragraph 28; Local Government Act 1999 (c.29), section 20; Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c.21), section 53(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 49(1), (2); Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28), sections 136(3) and 209(2), Schedule 7, paragraph 1 and Schedule 13, Part 2, paragraph 36(1), (2); Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c.20), section 119 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 48, 49; Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 2), section 51(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1, 2; Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), section 128(2) and Schedule 8, Part 2; Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c.2), section 38; SSI 2013/119, article 4 and Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 7. There are other amendments but none is relevant.