Paragraph 7

Subject as mentioned below, the following provisions have effect as if references to a joint authority established by Part 4 of the 1985 Act included references to the Authority^f1—

(a)

section 11 (4)(a) of the Trustee Investments Act 1961 (local authority investment schemes)^f2;

(b)

section 3 (2) (b) of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (employers exempted from insurance)^f3;

(c)

section 1 (4) of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (supply of goods and services by local authorities)^f4 as it applies to England and Wales;

(d)

section 13 (7) (f) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (interpretation)^f5;

(e)

sections 25(1)(c) (authorities subject to investigation) and 26C(6)(c) (referral of complaints by authorities) of the Local Government Act 1974^f6;

(f)

section 44 (1) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (interpretation etc. of Part 1)^f7, but only insofar as it applies to sections 30 (power to forgo repayment of advances of remuneration paid to deceased employees), 38 (use of spare capacity of computers of local authorities), 39 (protection of members and officers etc. of local authorities from personal liability)^f8 and 41 (evidence of resolutions and minutes of proceedings etc.)^f9 of that Act;

(g)

section 5 (3) (bb) of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (no statutory tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to Crown or to local authority, etc.)^f10;

(h)

section 14 (1) (cb) of the Rent Act 1977 (landlord’s interest belonging to local authority, etc.)^f11;

(i)

section 2 (1) (ka) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (duty of authorities to publish information)^f12;

(j)

section 41 (13) (e) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (lost and uncollected property)^f13;

(k)

paragraph 7 (2) (a) of Schedule 1 to the Stock Transfer Act 1982 (specified securities)^f14;

(l)

sections 6(2) (interpretation and application of Part 2) and 9(1)(a) (interpretation and application of Part 3) of the Local Government Act 1986^f15;

(m)

section 144 (2) (a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (exceptions from requirement of third-party insurance)^f16;

(n)

sections 21(1)(i) (interpretation of Part 1), 67(3)(k) (application of, and orders under, Part 5), 152(2)(i) (interpretation, consultation and commencement of sections 150 and 151) and 157(6)(h) (commutation of, and interest on, periodic payments of grants etc.) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f17;

(o)

section 1 (10) (d) of the Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993 (power to provide advice and assistance)^f18;

(p)

section 79A (m) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (local authority: England)^f19;

(q)

section 3 (2) (h) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (ineligible applicants)^f20;

(r)

paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (public authorities)^f21;

(s)

sections 23(1)(k) (“local authority”) and 33(1)(j) (interpretation of Chapter 1) of the Local Government Act 2003^f22;

(t)

section 41 (6) (e) of the Courts Act 2003 (disqualification of lay justices who are members of local authorities)^f23;

(u)

regulation 3 (1) (f) of the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 (application of these Regulations)^f24;

(v)

Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act 2010 (public authorities: general)^f25;

(w)

section 27 (6) (l) of the Localism Act 2011 (duty to promote and maintain high standards of conduct)^f26;

(x)

section 40(6)(h) (access to local government meetings and documents) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 (relevant authorities) to, the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014^f27;

(y)

paragraph (h) of the definition of “relevant local government body” in regulation 6 of the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014^f28;

(z)

regulations 8(4)(e) (application of local authority enactments to auditor panels: disqualification) and 10(4)(d) (application of local authority enactments to auditor panels: political balance) of the Local Audit (Auditor Panel) Regulations 2014^f29;

(z1)

regulation 3 (1) (v) of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (public sector bodies)^f30.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), (e) (insofar as it refers to section 25(1)(c)), (f) (insofar as it refers to section 44(1)), and (g) to (k) were amended by Part 2 of Schedule 14 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (f) (insofar as it refers to section 44(1)) and (k) were amended by Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985. The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (l) (insofar as it refers to section 6(2)) and (m) were amended by Schedule 6 to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (k) and (l) were amended by Part 1 of Schedule 13 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (c), (f) (insofar as it refers to section 44(1)) and (l) were amended by Schedule 4 to the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c. 29). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (m) were amended by Schedule 10 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (n) (except insofar as it refers to section 157(6)(h)), (o), (r) and (s) were amended by Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (d) were amended by Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (f) (insofar as it refers to section 44(1)), (k) and (m) were amended by Schedule 13 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), with those amendments subsequently being repealed by paragraph 6 of Schedule 13 to the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (f) (insofar as it refers to section 44(1)), (k), (l) and (m) were amended by Schedule 6 to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b),(c), (d), (f) (insofar as it refers to sections 44(1) and 30), (l) and (m) were amended by Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (c), (f) (insofar as it refers to section 44(1)), and (m) were amended by Schedules 1 and 2 to the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3). The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (f) (insofar as it refers to section 44(1)), (k), (l) and (m) were amended by Schedule 4 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55).
f2: 1961 c. 62. Section 11(4)(a) was amended by Part 2 of Schedule 18 to the London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), paragraph 16 of Schedule 13 to the Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), Schedule 30 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), paragraph 29 (1) of Schedule 25 to the Water Act 1989 (c. 15), paragraph 19 (1) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), and section 387 (2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), and by S.I. 2018/226 and 2022/372
f3: 1969 c. 57. Section 3(2)(b) was amended by section 179 (3) of and Schedule 30 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), paragraph 37 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), and paragraph 83 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), and by S.I. 2013/602.
f4: 1970 c. 39. Section 1(4) has been relevantly amended, in relation to England and Wales, by Schedule 30 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), section 25(8) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 388 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), and paragraph 1 of Schedule 20 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 22 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), and by S.I. 2021/327.
f5: 1973 c. 35.
f6: 1974 c. 7. Section 26C(6)(c) was inserted by section 174 (1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28).
f7: 1976 c. 57. Section 44(1) has been relevantly amended by Part 8 of Schedule 34 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).
f8: Section 39 was amended by Part 4 of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1982 (c. 32).
f9: Section 41 was amended by section 237(3) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28) and by S.I. 2001/2237.
f10: 1976 c. 80.
f11: 1977 c. 42.
f12: 1980 c. 65.
f13: 1982 c. 30.
f14: 1982 c. 41. Section 7(2)(a) was amended by section 392(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).
f15: 1986 c. 10. Sections 6(2) and 9(1)(a) were amended by Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16).
f16: 1988 c. 52.
f17: 1989 c. 42.
f18: 1993 c. 25.
f19: 1994 c. 40. Section 79A was inserted by section 293 (3) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28).
f20: 1996 c. 53.
f21: 2000 c. 36.
f22: 2003 c. 26.
f23: 2003 c. 39.
f24: S.I. 2003/1021.
f25: 2010 c. 15.
f26: 2011 c. 20.
f27: 2014 c. 2.
f28: S.I. 2014/2095.
f29: S.I. 2014/3224.
f30: S.I. 2015/1415.