The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

4.—(1) The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976(1) is modified as follows.

(2) In section 29(1) (repayment of unclaimed compensation etc. paid into court)(2), for “or transferred to the authority”, substitute “to the Mayor, or transferred to the Combined Authority in relation to the Mayor’s PCC functions”.

(3) In section 30(3)(a) (power to forgo repayment of advances of renumeration paid to deceased employees)(3), for “maintained by a local authority”, substitute “maintained by the Mayor of the Combined Authority”.

(4) In section 44(1) (interpretation etc. of Part I)(4), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “local authority”, for “13 to 16, 29, 30, 38, 39 and 41” substitute “13, 14, 16, 29 and 38”.

(1)

1976 c. 57.

(2)

Section 29(1) was amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 16 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

(3)

Section 30(3) was substituted by paragraph 126 of Schedule 16 to the PRSR Act.

(4)

The definition of “local authority” was substituted by paragraph 53 of Schedule 14 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and amended by paragraph 43(a) of Schedule 6 to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), paragraph 127 of Schedule 16 to the PRSR Act, and paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to and paragraph 51 of Schedule 2 to the 2017 Act. There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.