Section 76 Interpretation.C1

England and Wales

(1)

This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

F1(2)

A receiving authority is any billing authority or major precepting authority.

(4)

A specified body is any body which provides services for local authorities and is specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State under this subsection; but a body is not a specified body as regards a financial year unless the regulations specifying it are in force before the year begins.

(5)

Before exercising the power to make regulations under subsection (4) above the Secretary of State shall consult such representatives of local government as appear to him to be appropriate.

(6)

Any regulations made under section 2(7) of the M1Local Government Act 1974 or section 56(9) of the M2Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 shall have effect for the purposes of subsection (4) above as if they had been made under it.

F2(7)

“The Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 76(2) substituted (6.3.1992) for s. 76(2)(3) by 1992 c. 14, s. 104, Sch. 10 Pt. II para.8 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))
F2: S. 76(7) inserted (25.5.2007) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 22

Marginal citations

M1: 1974 c. 7.
M2: 1980 c. 65.

Modifications

C1: S. 76 modified (12.1.2000) (temp) by S.I. 1999/3435, art. 2

Notes on Part V

Modifications

C1: Part V amended (28.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2825, reg. 34

Notes on Chapter 1

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 5 Ch. 1 formed from s. 76 (27.11.2003) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), s. 128(4)(f), Sch. 7 para. 12 (with Sch. 7 para. 9(2)); S.I. 2003/3034, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I