Paragraph 6

A member must when reaching decisions have regard to any relevant advice provided to him by—

(a)

the authority’s chief finance officer acting in pursuance of his duties under section 114 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988^f1; and

(b)

the authority’s monitoring officer acting in pursuance of his duties under section 5(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f2.

Annotations

f1: 1988 c. 41. Section 114 was amended by section 130(1) to (4) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999; articles 1, 2(k) and 20 of S.I. 2001/2237; section 43 of and paragraph 34 of Schedule 4 to the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994; section 88 of and paragraph 28 of Schedule 6 to the Police Act 1997; and sections 128(1) and 137 of, paragraphs 45 and 48 of Schedule 6 to and Part V of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
f2: Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 was amended by articles 1, 2 and 23 of S.I. 2001/2237; section 107 of and paragraphs 24 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000; sections 43 and 93 of, paragraph 35 of Schedule 4 to and Schedule 9 to the Police Magistrates' Court Act 1994; section 103 of and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996; sections 127(2) and 325 of and paragraph 62 of Schedule 27 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999; and section 120 of and Schedule 24 to the Environment Act 1995. Under section 73 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, section 5 of the 1989 Act applies to the Greater London Authority as if it were a relevant authority for the purposes of that Act.