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Regulation 26 Application of Part 6 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and Part 7 of the Localism Act 2011F7I1

England and Wales

(1)

F1The relevant provisions shall have effect, in relation to functions falling to be discharged under that Part before the reorganisation date and as regards the financial year beginning on F21st April 2019, F3by or in relation to a preparing council which is a county council, or F4by or in relation to a shadow council, as if the council were a local housing authority within the meaning of that Partf1.

(2)

In relation to functions falling to be discharged as mentioned in paragraph (1), F5the relevant provisions shall have effect as if a predecessor council were not a local housing authority.

F6(3)

In this regulation “the relevant provisions” means—

(a)

Part 6 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (housing finance); and

(b)

sections 171, 172, 173 (insofar as that section relates to a determination under section 171) and 175 of the Localism Act 2011 (limits on indebtedness).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 26(1) substituted (2.1.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1296), regs. 1, 15(2)(b)(i)

F2

Words in reg. 26(1) substituted (5.9.2018) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/930), regs. 1, 5(9)

F3

Words in reg. 26(1) substituted (2.1.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1296), regs. 1, 15(2)(b)(ii)

F4

Words in reg. 26(1) substituted (2.1.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1296), regs. 1, 15(2)(b)(iii)

F5

Words in reg. 26(2) substituted (2.1.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1296), regs. 1, 15(2)(c)

F6

Reg. 26(3) inserted (2.1.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1296), regs. 1, 15(2)(d)

F7

Words in reg. 26 heading inserted (2.1.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1296), regs. 1, 15(2)(a)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 26 in force at 28.11.2008, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

As to the meaning of “local housing authority” in Part 6 of the 1989 Act, see section 88(1) of that Act and sections 1, 2(2) and 434 of the Housing Act 1985 (c.68).