Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2000.

Commencement

2.  Subject to the saving in article 3, the following provisions of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 shall come into force on 1st January 2001:—

(a)section 82(3), in so far as it is not already in force;

(b)section 423, in so far as it relates to the repeals in Part I of Schedule 34 relating to sections 39(1)(f) and 65(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(2).

Saving

3.  Nothing in article 2 shall affect the status and functions as a major precepting authority of the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District in respect of any financial year ending on or before 31st March 2001.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 82(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 so that the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District (“the Receiver”) ceases to be a major precepting authority, subject to the saving that this shall not affect the Receiver’s status and functions as a major precepting authority for the 2000/2001 and earlier financial years.

This Order also brings into force the repeal of the reference to the Receiver from section 65(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, which requires all major precepting authorities other than the Receiver to consult representatives of non-domestic ratepayers in their area about the authority’s expenditure proposals for a financial year.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 have been, or will be, brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.