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The Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/2684 · Made 23 July 2001

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

Made 23rd July 2001

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 108(3) and (7) of the Local Government Act 2000f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and application
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 1st August 2001
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to England only.

2Provisions coming into force on 1st August 2001

Sections 94 and 95 of the Local Government Act 2000 shall come into force on 1st August 2001.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Sally Keeble

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

23rd July 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, in relation to England, further provisions of the Local Government Act 2000.

Article 2 brings into force on 1st August 2001 provisions in section 94 relating to the supply of information about welfare benefits to certain local authorities and providers of welfare services in connection with grants paid under section 93. It also brings into force on that date provisions in section 95 making it an offence to disclose without lawful authority any information supplied by virtue of section 94 which relates to a particular person.