Article 9 Preparatory functions

(1)

Gateshead Borough Council and Northumberland County Council must—

(a)

take, whether alone or together, such steps as may be necessary to prepare for the transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities in relation to the relevant transferred area;

(b)

consult and co-operate with each other to secure the economic, effective, efficient and timely transfer of those functions, property, rights and liabilities; and

(c)

generally, exercise their functions so as to further the purposes of this Order.

(2)

This article shall apply, in particular, in relation to any functions under Part 1 (Council Tax: England and Wales) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992^f1 in respect of the relevant transferred area.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c.14. Amendments were made by sections 74, 75, 78 and 79 of, and Schedules 5 to 7 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20). Amendments were also made by sections 3 and 10 to 15 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17).