# The Rate Support Grant (Specified Bodies) Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 2(7) of the Local Government Act 1974 and section 56(9) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 empower the Secretary of State to defray expenditure incurred in the provision of services for local authorities by any body specified by him in regulations.
These regulations specify bodies in relation to whose services the power to defray expenditure applies. The previous regulations are revoked and the specified bodies have been consolidated in these regulations. The regulations specify the Fire Services Examinations Board and the Local Authorities' Race Relations Information Exchange which were not previously specified. The School Curriculum Development Committee specified in the Rate Support Grant (Specified Bodies) Regulations 1984 (S.I. 1984/85) and the National Metrological Co-ordinating Unit specified in the Rate Support Grant (Specified Bodies) Regulations 1981 (S.I. 1981/295) are no longer specified bodies having ceased to exist.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1951/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rate-support-grant-specified-bodies-regulations-1988/note
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