Local Government Act 2000

Part VISupplemental

105Orders and regulations

(1)Any power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)Any order or regulations under this Act—

(a)may contain such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplemental provision or savings as the Secretary of State considers necessary or expedient,

(b)may make different provision for different cases, authorities or descriptions of authority.

(3)The provision which may be made under subsection (2) includes provision modifying any enactment (whenever passed or made).

(4)The power under subsection (3) to modify an enactment is a power—

(a)to apply that enactment with or without modifications,

(b)to extend, disapply or amend that enactment, or

(c)to repeal or revoke that enactment with or without savings.

(5)Subject to subsections (6) and (7), a statutory instrument which contains an order or regulations under this Act is to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(6)A statutory instrument which contains an order under section 3(3), 5, 6, 49 or 101, or regulations under section 11(5), 31(1)(b), 32, 44 or 45, is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(7)Subsection (5) does not apply to a statutory instrument which contains an order under section 108.

(8)In this section “enactment” includes an enactment contained in a local Act or comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978).

106Wales

(1)In their application to Wales—

(a)Part II (but not section 44 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 1),

(b)Part IV, and

(c)section 105(2),

have effect as if for any reference to the Secretary of State there were substituted a reference to the National Assembly for Wales.

(2)Section 105(5) to (7) does not apply to an order or regulations under this Act which is made by the National Assembly for Wales.

(3)Any reference in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 to an Act which is amended by this Act is to be treated as referring to that Act as amended by this Act.

(4)Subsection (3) does not affect the power to make further Orders varying or omitting that reference.

107Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

(1)Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) has effect.

(2)The repeals set out in Schedule 6 have effect.

108Commencement

(1)This section and sections 105, 106 and 109 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(2)The following provisions of this Act—

(a)Part IV,

(b)section 104, and

(c)in Schedule 6, the repeal of paragraph 63 of Schedule 37 to the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996,

come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(3)The following provisions of this Act—

(a)section 90, 91, and 93 to 96,

(b)in Schedule 5, paragraphs 8, 12, 13, 15, 25, 26 and 34,

(c)in Schedule 6, the repeal—

(i)in section 80(1)(e) of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972,

(ii)of sections 94 to 98 and 105 of that Act,

(iii)in section 265A(1)(b) of that Act,

(iv)of the provisions of the [1974 c. 7.] Local Government Act 1974, the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985, the [1985 c. 67.] Transport Act 1985 and the [1986 c. 60.] Financial Services Act 1986 specified in Schedule 6,

(v)of sections 19, 31 and 32(1) of the [1989 c. 42.] Local Government and Housing Act 1989,

(vi)in Schedule 11 to that Act,

(vii)of the provisions of the [1992 c. 14.] Local Government Finance Act 1992, the [1994 c. 19.] Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, the [1994 c. 29.] Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994, the Environment Act 1995, the [1995 c. 25.] Police[1996 c. 16.] Act 1996, the Police Act 1997, the [1997 c. 50.] Audit[1998 c. 18.] Commission Act 1998 and the [1999 c. 29.] Greater London Authority Act 1999 specified in Schedule 6,

come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(4)Subject to subsections (5) and (6), the remaining provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(5)The Secretary of State may by order provide—

(a)for paragraphs 17 and 18 of Schedule 4 to come into force before the time appointed by subsection (4),

(b)for paragraph 28 of Schedule 5 to come into force before the time appointed by that subsection,

(c)for any of the provisions of Part III of this Act so far as they relate to police authorities in Wales to come into force before the time appointed by that subsection, or

(d)for any of the other provisions mentioned in that subsection to come into force in relation to England before the time appointed by that subsection.

(6)The National Assembly for Wales may by order provide—

(a)for paragraph 28 of Schedule 5 to come into force before the time appointed by subsection (4), or

(b)for any of the other provisions mentioned in that subsection to come into force in relation to Wales before the time appointed by that subsection.

(7)An order under subsection (3), (5) or (6) may appoint different days for different purposes.

109Short title and extent

(1)This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act 2000.

(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), this Act extends to England and Wales only.

(3)Sections 94 to 96, 105 and 108 extend also to Scotland.

(4)This section, paragraphs 17 and 18 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 28 of Schedule 5 extend also to Scotland and Northern Ireland.