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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-in-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no1-order-2003/schedule",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/134",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Commencement No.1) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-in-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no1-order-2003",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 2003",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nProvisions of the Act\nSubject Matter\nPurpose\nSections 1 and 2\nDuty to secure best value\nSections 3 to 5\nEnforcement\nSection 6\nOther provisions about best value\nSection 7\nLocal authority contracts: relaxation of exclusion of non-commercial considerations\nSection 8(1), (2)(a)(i) to (iv), (2)(b), (2)(c)(i),(iii) and (iv), (2)(d)(ii), (2)(e) and (3)\nRelaxation of restrictions on supply of goods and services etc. by local authorities\nSection 8(2)(a)(v)\nRelaxation of restrictions on supply of goods and services etc. by local authorities\nOnly for the purpose of repealing the words which follow paragraph (d)\nSection 8(2)(d)(i)\nRelaxation of restrictions on supply of goods and services etc. by local authorities\nOnly for the purpose of repealing the definition of “public body”\nSection 10\nTrading operations and accounts\nSections 12 to 14\nAccounts, finance and performance accountability\nSections 15 to 19 (Part 2)\nCommunity planning\nSections 20 to 22 (Part 3)\nPower to advance well-being\nSections 23 to 27 (Part 4)\nEnforcement and scrutiny\nSections 28 to 33 (Part 5)\nRating and council tax\nSection 34\nWaste management\nSection 35(1)\nCapital expenditure limits\nSection 37\nCapital grants\nSection 38\nScottish Ministers power to pay off loans made to local authorities\nSection 39\nProvisions supplementary to sections 35 to 38\nSection 41\nEstablishment of local authority funds other than general fund: setting of council tax\nSection 42(3)\nPaid time off for councillors not to be a political donation\nSection 43\nRemote participation in and calling of local authority meetings\nSection 44\nTravel concessions\nSection 45\nPower to charge for vacant places on school buses etc.\nSection 46\nPower to provide funds for speed cameras etc.\nSection 48\nDelegation of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority functions to officials\nSection 49\nParliamentary procedure for regulations about vehicles used as taxis and private hire cars\nSection 51\nArrangements and agreements with bodies corporate\nSection 52\nGuidance on contractual matters\nSection 53\nQualification of and assistance for Accounts Commission auditors\nSection 54\nAccounts Commission’s and auditor’s powers to obtain information from persons other than local authorities etc.\nSection 55\nAuditor’s duty in relation to aspects of best value and community planning\nSection 56\nExtension of Controller of Audit’s reporting functions to best value and community planning: amendment of section 102 of 1973 Act\nSection 57\nPower to modify enactments\nSection 58\nAncillary provision\nSection 59\nEqual opportunities\nSection 60, except sub-section (1)(b) and (g)\nRepeals and consequential amendments\nSection 61\nDefinitions",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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