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Regulation 8 Interpretation of Part 4

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(1)

In this Part—

  • “the 2003 Regulations” means the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003f1;

  • “final accounts”, in relation to a predecessor council, means the council’s statement of accounts for the financial year ending immediately before the reorganisation date;

  • “section 151 officer”, in relation to a predecessor council, a preparing council, a shadow council or a single tier council, means the person who is for the time being appointed by the council to be responsible for the administration of its financial affairsf2; and

  • “statement of accounts” means the statement required by paragraph (1) of regulation 7 (statement of accounts) of the 2003 Regulations.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part—

(a)

a preparing council—

(i)

is related to a predecessor council if it has the function of preparing for and facilitating the economic, effective, efficient and timely transfer to a single tier council of the functions of the predecessor council; and

(ii)

is related to a single tier council if it becomes that council on the reorganisation date; and

(b)

a shadow council—

(i)

is related to a single tier council if it becomes that council on the reorganisation date; and

(ii)

is related to a predecessor council if, during the transitional period, it prepares to assume (as a single tier council) the functions of the predecessor council.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/533, amended by S.I. 2004/556 and S.I. 2006/564.

f2

In relation to shadow councils, see, for example, article 8(1)(b) of S.I. 2008/6341 and article 7(1)(b) of S.I. 2008/907.