SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12Related amendments
Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26)
I149
The Local Government Act 2003 is amended as follows.
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I21
Section 21 (accounting practices) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (4) (enactments to which definition of proper practices applies) omit paragraph (d) (the Audit Commission Act 1998).
I23
For subsection (6) (local authorities to which the section applies) substitute—
6
In this section, “local authority” includes—
a
a parish council,
b
a parish meeting of a parish which does not have a separate parish council,
c
a community council,
d
a Passenger Transport Executive,
e
the London Waste and Recycling Board,
f
charter trustees (within the meaning of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014),
g
a port health authority for a port health district that is wholly in England,
h
a conservation board established by order of the Secretary of State under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000,
i
a chief constable for a police force for a police area in England,
j
the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
k
an internal drainage board for an internal drainage district—
i
wholly in England, or
ii
partly in England and partly in Wales, and
l
any other person or body which for the time being is a relevant authority for the purposes of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and—
i
is not listed in paragraphs (a) to (k) or section 23(1),
ii
is not a health service body (within the meaning of that Act),
iii
is not specified in regulations under section 23(2), and
iv
does not fall within a class of bodies so specified.
I351
In section 22 (meaning of “revenue account” for the purposes of certain enactments), for subsection (3) (local authorities to which the section applies) substitute—
3
In this section, “local authority” includes—
a
a parish council,
b
a parish meeting of a parish which does not have a separate parish council,
c
a community council,
d
a Passenger Transport Executive,
e
the London Waste and Recycling Board,
f
charter trustees (within the meaning of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014),
g
a port health authority for a port health district that is wholly in England,
h
a conservation board established by order of the Secretary of State under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000,
i
a chief constable for a police force for a police area in England,
j
the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
k
an internal drainage board for an internal drainage district—
i
wholly in England, or
ii
partly in England and partly in Wales, and
l
any other person or body which for the time being is a relevant authority for the purposes of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and—
i
is not listed in paragraphs (a) to (k) or section 23(1),
ii
is not a health service body (within the meaning of that Act),
iii
is not specified in regulations under section 23(2), and
iv
does not fall within a class of bodies so specified.
I452
In section 24 (by which, in the application of Part 1 to Wales, references to the Welsh Ministers are substituted for references to the Secretary of State), after subsection (1) insert—
1A
Subsection (1) does not apply to section 21 to the extent that it confers functions on the Secretary of State in relation to a person or body that—
a
is a relevant authority for the purposes of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, and
b
exercises functions in relation to an area that is partly in England and partly in Wales.
53
Omit section 99 (categorisation of English local authorities by reference to performance).
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1
Section 100 (exercise of powers by reference to authorities' performance categories) is amended as follows.
2
Omit subsections (1) and (2).
3
In subsection (3), for “those powers” substitute “
certain powers
”
.
4
Omit subsections (4) to (8).