Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

Part 2Local government enactments relating to NCS Service Authority

Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

22The Local Government Act 1972 shall be amended as follows.

23In section 94 (disability of members of authorities for voting on account of interest in contracts, etc.), in subsection (5)(b) (receipts of certain allowances not to be treated as a pecuniary interest), the words “or paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1997” shall be omitted.

24In section 98, the following shall be omitted—

(a)in subsection (1A) (application to joint authorities of provisions about members' interests), the words “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”; and

(b)subsection (1B) (powers to remove a disability resulting from members' interests restricted to cases where transaction of business impeded).

25In section 99 (meeting and proceedings of local authorities), the words “, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted.

26In section 100J (application to joint authorities etc. of provision relating to access to meetings and documents), the following shall be omitted—

(a)subsection (1)(ea);

(b)in subsection (3), the word “, (ea)”;

(c)subsection (3A); and

(d)in subsection (4), the words “or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.

27In section 107 (application to police authorities of provisions relating to the discharge of functions by local authorities)—

(a)in subsection (7), for “(a), (aa) and (b)” there shall be substituted “(a) and (b)”; and

(b)subsection (8A) shall be omitted.

28In section 146A (application to police authorities of miscellaneous powers of local authorities)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for “subsections (1A) and (1AA)” there shall be substituted “subsection (1A)”; and

(ii)for “, the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” there shall be substituted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”;

(b)in subsection (1A), the words “nor the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted; and

(c)subsection (1AA) shall be omitted.

29In section 223 (appearance of local authorities in legal proceedings), in subsection (2), for “, the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” there shall be substituted “and the Metropolitan Police Authority”.

30In section 228 (inspection of documents), in subsection (7A), the words “or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted.

31The words “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted where they appear—

(a)in section 229 (photographic copies of documents), in subsection (8);

(b)in section 231 (service of notices on local authorities, etc.), in subsection (4);

(c)in section 232 (public notices), in subsection (1A);

(d)in section 233 (service of notices by local authorities), in subsection (11); and

(e)in section 234 (authentication of documents), in subsection (4).

32In Schedule 12 (meetings and proceedings of local authorities), the following shall be omitted—

(a)in paragraph 6A, the words “or of the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”;

(b)in paragraph 6B—

(i)in sub-paragraph (b), the words “or of the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad,”; and

(ii)sub-paragraph (c) and the word “and” immediately preceding it;

and

(c)in paragraph 46, the words “and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”.

Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)

33In section 25 of the Local Government Act 1974 (authorities subject to investigation by Commission for Local Administration), in subsection (1), paragraph (caa) shall be omitted.

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57)

34In section 30 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (power to forgo repayment of remuneration paid to deceased employees), in subsection (3), the words “, and a member of the National Crime Squad within section 55(1)(a) or (b) of the Police Act 1997 shall be treated as employed by the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad,” shall be omitted.

35In section 44 of that Act (interpretation), in subsection (1)(a) the words “, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted.

Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)

36In section 20 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (interpretation of provisions relating to direct labour organisations), in subsection (1)—

(a)in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “local authority”, the words “, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted; and

(b)in paragraph (aa) of the definition the words “or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted.

37In section 99 of that Act (directions to dispose of land), in subsection (4), paragraph (dd) shall be omitted.

38In Schedule 16 to that Act (bodies to whom provisions of Part 10 relating to registration of land apply), paragraph 5D shall be omitted.

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30)

39In section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (enforceability by local authorities of certain covenants relating to land), in subsection (9)(a), the words “, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted.

40In section 41 of that Act (lost and uncollected property), in subsection (13), in the definition of “local authority” paragraph (cb) shall be omitted.

Local Government Act 1986 (c. 10)

41In section 6 of the Local Government Act 1986 (interpretation of provisions relating to publicity and promotion of homosexuality), in subsection (2)(a), the words “the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad,” shall be omitted.

42In section 9 of that Act (interpretation of provisions relating to the transfer of mortgages), in subsection (1)(a), the words “the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad,” shall be omitted.

Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9)

43In section 1 of the Local Government Act 1988 (defined authorities for provisions on competition), in subsection (1), paragraph (ea) shall be omitted.

44In Schedule 2 to that Act, in the list of public authorities to which provisions on supply or works contracts apply, the entry for the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad shall be omitted.

Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41)

45The Local Government Finance Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.

46In section 111, in subsection (2) (definition of “relevant authority” for the purposes of provisions regulating financial administration), paragraph (ea) (the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad) shall be omitted.

47In section 112 (financial administration as to certain police and fire authorities), in subsection (2), paragraph (ab) shall be omitted.

48In section 114 (functions of chief finance officer as regards reports), subsection (9) shall be omitted.

Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)

49The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 shall be amended as follows.

50In section 21, in subsection (1) (definition of local authority for purposes of various provisions relating to their members, officers, staff and committees, etc.), in paragraph (g), for “, the Metropolitan Police Authority or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” there shall be substituted “or the Metropolitan Police Authority”.

51In section 39, in subsection (1) (authorities to which provisions about revenue accounts and capital finance apply), paragraph (ja) (the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad) shall be omitted.

52In section 67 (application of provisions relating to companies in which local authorities have interests), in subsection (3)(i), the words “or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” shall be omitted.

53In section 155 (emergency assistance to local authorities), in subsection (4)—

(a)at the end of paragraph (ea) there shall be inserted “or”; and

(b)paragraph (eb) (National Crime Squad) shall be omitted.

54In section 157 (commutation of, and interest on, periodic payments of grants, etc.), subsection (6)(ga) shall be omitted.