Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order exempts parish councils of a description specified in the Order and in respect of any of their functions, from all the duties in Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999, (best value). The parish councils concerned are those whose budgeted income as defined in the Order, for any of the financial years commencing on 1st April 1997, 1st April 1998 or 1st April 1999 was not more than £500,000.