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New authoritiesU.K.

F168. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W

Textual Amendments

F1S. 68 repealed (21.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1730, art. 2(1).

69 Block grant.U.K.

(1)The new authorities shall be local authorities for the purposes of block grant under Part VI of the M1Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 (rate support grant) for financial years beginning on or after the abolition date and accordingly that Act shall for those purposes have effect with the following amendments.

(2)In section 53—

(a)in subsection (5), in paragraph (f) the word “and” shall be omitted and after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(ff)a joint authority; and”; and

(b)at the end of subsection (6) there shall be inserted the words “and the area of a joint authority is the area for which the authority is established.”.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(4)In section 55(3), after paragraph (c), there shall be inserted “; or

(d)to a joint authority.”.

(5)In section 59(11)—

(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(b)after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

“; and

(d)as if paragraph (ff) referred to four classes, namely—

(i)metropolitan county police authorities and the Northumbria Police Authority;

(ii)metropolitan county passenger transport authorities;

(iii)metropolitan county fire and civil defence authorities; and

(iv)the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority.”

(6)At the end of section 68(1) there shall be inserted the words “and ”joint authority’ means a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985”.

Textual Amendments

F2S. 69(3) repealed by Local Government Finance Act 1987 (c.6, SIF 81:1), s. 11(2), Sch. 5 (the repeal being subject to the provision at the end of that Sch.)

Marginal Citations

70, 71.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W

Textual Amendments

72 Accounts and audit.U.K.

(1)Each new authority shall keep a fund to be known as the general fund; and all receipts of the authority shall be carried to that fund and all liabilities falling to be discharged by the authority shall be discharged out of that fund.

(2)Accounts shall be kept of receipts carried to, and payments made out of, the general fund.

(3)In section 12(2) of the M2Local Government Finance Act 1982 (accounts subject to audit) after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted—

“(aa)a joint authority;

(ab)the Inner London Education Authority;”.

(4)Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be construed as requiring or authorising an authority to apply or dispose of the surplus revenue arising from any undertaking carried on by it otherwise than in accordance with any enactment or instrument applicable to the undertaking.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Marginal Citations

73 Financial administration.E+W

Each new authority shall make arrangements for the proper administration of its financial affairs and shall secure that one of its officers has responsibility for the administration of those affairs.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

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