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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st April 1991 provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (in so far as they are not already in force) which make amendments and repeals, relating to allowances to members of local authorities and other bodies, relating to—

  • sections 173, 173A, 175 and 177 to 178 of the Local Government Act 1972,

  • sections 45, 45A, 47 and 49A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973,

  • the Education Act 1980,

  • the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980,

  • Schedule 14 to the Local Government Act 1985,

  • the Local Government Act 1986, and

  • the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.

The Schedule to the Order contains savings provisions (relating to financial loss allowances) for amendments and repeals relating to sections 173 and 177(1) of the 1972 Act, sections 45 and 49A of the 1973 Act, section 26(3) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, the Education Act 1980 and the 1988 Act.

In relation only to the power to prescribe amounts under section 173(1) of the 1972 Act, the Order brings into force on 27th February 1991 the amendment to section 173 made by paragraph 26 of Schedule 11.