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The Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (England) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/2878 · Made 19 November 2002

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 19th November 2002

Laid before Parliament 26th November 2002

Coming into force 31st March 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 137(4AA) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 70. Section 137 was amended by section 36 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, section 44 of the Local Government (miscellaneous provisions) Act 1944, section 45(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998, section 3(3) of the Local Government Act 1986, Schedule 15 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and by section 18 of the Local Government Act 2000.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Expenditure limits
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (England) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003.

2Expenditure limits

For the purposes of section 137(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 (power of local authorities to incur expenditure for certain purposes not otherwise authorised), the sum of £5.00 is specified as the sum appropriate to a parish council in Englandf1.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Christopher Leslie

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

19th November 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 enables parish councils in England to incur expenditure for certain purposes not otherwise authorised. This expenditure must not exceed the amount produced by multiplying a specified sum by the relevant population of the authority’s area. In the case of a parish council in England, the specified sum is £3.50 or other such sum as may by Order be specified. The relevant population is currently the number of electors resident in the parish.

This Order increases to £5.00 the sum specified as the appropriate sum for the purposes of section 137(4)(a) of the 1972 Act for parish councils in England.