Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st June 2005.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to local authorities in England.

Amendment

2.—(1) The Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000(2) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (functions not to be the responsibility of an authority’s executive) there shall be inserted in paragraph I (miscellaneous functions), after item 47—

(a)in column (1)—

“47A.  Powers relating to complaints about high hedges.”; and

(b)in column (2)—

“Part 8 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003.”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”). They apply in relation to local authorities in England.

Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 provides for the discharge of a local authority’s functions by an executive of the authority unless those functions are specified as functions that are not to be the responsibility of the authority’s executive. Schedule 1 to the 2000 Regulations sets out functions of a local authority which are not to be the responsibility of an executive of the authority. Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends paragraph I of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Regulations by inserting a new item (item 47A) in respect of functions relating to complaints about high hedges under Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities, voluntary bodies or the public sector.