Article 12 Incidental provisions

(1)

The following provisions of the 1989 Act^f1 shall apply as if a Corporation were a local authority—

(a)

section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff)^f2; and

(b)

sections 2 and 3A (politically restricted posts and exemptions from restriction)^f3 so far as they have effect for the purposes of that section.

(2)

Section 5 of the 1989 Act (designation and reports of monitoring officer)^f4 shall apply in relation to the Combined Authority as if a Corporation were a committee of the Authority.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1989 c. 42.
f2: Section 1 was amended by section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) and paragraphs 199 and 200 of Part 2 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
f3: Section 3A was inserted by section 202(2) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and amended by Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the 2009 Act and paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 25 to the 2011 Act.
f4: Section 5 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Police and Magistrates Courts Act 1994 (1994 c. 29), paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (1996 c. 16), section 132 of the 1999 Act, paragraph 24 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000 (2000 c. 22), paragraph 14 of Part 2 to Schedule 12 and Part 14 of Schedule 18 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, paragraphs 12 and 13 of Schedule 14 and Part 4 of Schedule 22 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (2009 c. 23), paragraphs 199 and 202 of Part 3 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011and SI 2001/2237 articles 1(2), 2(l) and 23(1)(a) to (f).