Local Government Act 1974

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s. 25(1)(d) words inserted by 2005 c. 10 Sch. 6 para. 10(f)
s. 25(1)(bbb) repealed by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 25 Pt. 32
s. 25(1)(bda) inserted by 2011 c. 20 Sch. 22 para. 4
s. 25(1)(ab) words inserted by 2005 c. 10 Sch. 6 para. 10(a)
s. 25(1)(ba) repealed by 2008 c. 17 Sch. 8 para. 18(2)(a) Sch. 16
s. 25(1)(bd) words inserted by 2005 c. 10 Sch. 6 para. 10(b)
s. 25(1)(be) words inserted by 2005 c. 10 Sch. 6 para. 10(c)
s. 25(1)(bf) words substituted by 2008 c. 17 Sch. 8 para. 18(2)(b)
s. 25(1)(bg) substituted by 2004 c. 21 Sch. 1 para. 42
s. 25(1)(bg) words inserted by 2005 c. 10 Sch. 6 para. 10(d)
s. 25(1)(ca)(caa) substituted by 2011 c. 13 Sch. 16 para. 121
s. 25(1)(ca) words inserted by 2005 c. 10 Sch. 6 para. 10(e)
s. 25(1)(cd) inserted by 2007 c. 28 Sch. 13 para. 31(2)
s. 25(1)(ce)(cf) inserted by 2009 c. 20 Sch. 6 para. 41(2)
s. 25(4)(b) and words substituted for s. 25(4)(b)(c) by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(2)
s. 25(4A)(b) repealed by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(4) Sch. 18 Pt. 14
s. 25(4A)(c) repealed by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(4) Sch. 18 Pt. 14
s. 25(4B) repealed by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(5) Sch. 18 Pt. 14
s. 25(4ZA) inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(3)
s. 25(5)(a) repealed by 2006 c. 40 Sch. 3 para. 2(a) Sch. 18 Pt. 3
s. 25(5)(c) words inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(6)(a)
s. 25(5)(c) words substituted by 2006 c. 40 Sch. 3 para. 2(b)
s. 25(5)(d) words inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(6)(b)
s. 25(5)(e) word substituted by 2011 c. 21 Sch. 1 para. 2(a)
s. 25(5)(e) words inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(6)(c)
s. 25(5)(e) words substituted by 2011 c. 21 Sch. 1 para. 2(b)

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:

Changes and effects

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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):

Pt. 3A inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 5 para. 2
s. 24A inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 171
s. 25(6)-(8) inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 172(7)
s. 26A-26D inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 174(1)
s. 26C(6)(d) inserted by 2007 c. 28 Sch. 13 para. 31(3)
s. 26C(6)(e)(f) inserted by 2009 c. 20 Sch. 6 para. 41(3)(a)
s. 26C(7)(8) inserted by 2009 c. 20 Sch. 6 para. 41(3)(b)
s. 26D(1)(a) words inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 5 para. 7
s. 31B inserted by 2007 c. 28 s. 177
s. 32A inserted by S.I. 2004/2359 art. 2(3)
s. 32A repealed by 2005 c. 10 Sch. 6 para. 14 Sch. 7
s. 33ZA inserted by S.I. 2007/1889 art. 4
s. 33ZA(1) words inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 5 para. 11(2)
s. 33ZA(1) words substituted by 2007 c. 28 Sch. 12 para. 9(2)
s. 33ZA(1) words substituted by 2011 c. 20 s. 182(3)s. 182(4)(b)
s. 33ZA(1)(c) words substituted by 2011 c. 20 s. 182(3)s. 182(4)(a)
s. 33ZA(1A) inserted by 2011 c. 20 s. 182(3)(5)
s. 33ZA(2) words substituted by 2007 c. 28 Sch. 12 para. 9(3)(a)
s. 33ZA(2) words substituted by 2007 c. 28 Sch. 12 para. 9(3)(b)
s. 33ZA(3) words inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 5 para. 11(3)(a)
s. 33ZA(3) words inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 5 para. 11(3)(b)
s. 33ZA(3) words substituted by 2011 c. 20 s. 182(3)s. 182(6)(b)
s. 33ZA(3)(c) words substituted by 2011 c. 20 s. 182(3)s. 182(6)(a)
s. 33ZA(4) words inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 5 para. 11(4)
s. 33ZA(4) words repealed by 2007 c. 28 Sch. 12 para. 9(4) Sch. 18 Pt. 14
s. 33ZB inserted by 2011 c. 20 s. 44(1)
Sch. 5A inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 5 para. 3

Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Local Government Act 1974:

Commencement Orders

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Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:

S.I. 2003/124 art. 4 5 commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2003/1115 art. 3 commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2003/1667 art. 3 4 5 commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2003/1718 art. 4 5 Sch. Pt. 1 2 commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2003/2961 art. 4-7 commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2003/3034 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 26)
S.I. 2004/1728 art. 5 Sch. Pt. 2 commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2004/2304 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
S.I. 2004/2917 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
S.I. 2004/3122 art. 2 commences (2000 c. 36)
S.I. 2005/1395 art. 4 commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2005/1814 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 34)
S.I. 2005/2800 art. 3-5 commences (2005 c. 10)
S.I. 2005/3056 art. 2(2) commences (2003 c. 17)
S.I. 2006/172 Sch. commences (2002 c. 32)
S.I. 2006/2541 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 16)
S.I. 2007/935 art. 7(q) art. 7(o) commences (2006 c. 40)
S.I. 2008/917 art. 2-5 commences (2007 c. 28)
S.I. 2008/3068 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 17)
S.I. 2009/803 art. 1(2) 10 commences (2008 c. 17)
S.I. 2009/3317 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 22)
S.I. 2009/3318 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 20)
S.I. 2010/303 art. 2-7 Sch. 1-6 commences (2009 c. 22)
S.I. 2010/630 art. 3 commences (2009 c. 23)
S.I. 2010/862 art. 2 art. 3 commences (2008 c. 17)
S.I. 2010/1151 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 22)
S.I. 2010/1863 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 21)
S.I. 2010/2195 art. 3 commences (2009 c. 23)
S.I. 2011/556 art. 1-3 commences (2009 c. 23)
S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 commences (2011 c. 13)
S.I. 2012/628 art. 2-8 commences (2011 c. 20)
S.I. 2012/1087 art. 2 3 commences (2011 c. 21)

25 Authorities subject to investigation.E+W

(1)This Part of this Act applies to [F1the following authorities]—

(a)any local authority,

[F2(aaa)the Greater London Authority;]

(aa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3(ab)a National Park authority;]

(b)any joint board the constituent authorities of which are all local authorities,

[F4(ba)the Commission for the New Towns,

(bb)any development corporation established for the purposes of a new town,

[F5(bbb)the London Development Agency;]

(bc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(bd)any urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980,]

[F6(be)any housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988]

[F7(bf)the Urban Regeneration Agency;]

[F8(bg)a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme under the M1Fire Services Act 1947;]

[F9(c)any joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;

[F10(cza)the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;]

[F11(ca)any police authority established under [F12section 3 of the Police Act 1996];]

[F13[F14(caa)the Metropolitan Police Authority;]

[F15(caa)the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad;]]

(cb). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16][F17. . .]

[F18(cc)Transport for London; [F19and]]

[F20(d)in relation to the flood defence functions of the Environment Agency, within the meaning of the Water Resources Act 1991, the Environment Agency and any regional flood defence committee;]

[F21;and

(e)the London Transport Users’ Committee.]

(2)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that this Part of this Act shall also apply, subject to any modifications or exceptions specified in the Order, to any authority specified in the Order, being an authority which is established by or under an Act of Parliament, and which has power to levy a rate, or to issue a precept.

(3)An Order made by virtue of subsection (2) above may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order so made and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(4)Any reference to an authority to which this Part of this Act applies includes a reference—

(a)to the members and officers of that authority, and

(b)to any person or body of persons acting for the authority under section 101 . . . F22, or

(c)any committee mentioned in section 101(9) of the said Act.

[F23(4A)Any reference to an authority to which this Part of this Act applies also includes, in the case of the Greater London Authority, a reference to each of the following—

(a)the London Assembly;

(b)any committee of the London Assembly;

(c)any body or person exercising functions on behalf of the Greater London Authority.]

[F24(4B)Any reference to an authority to which this Part of this Act applies also includes, in the case of the London Transport Users’ Committee, a reference to a sub-committee of that Committee.]

[F25(5)Any reference to an authority to which this Part of this Act applies also includes a reference to—

(a)a school organisation committee constituted in accordance with section 24 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998,

[F26(b)an exclusion appeals panel constituted in accordance with Schedule 18 to that Act,]

[F27(c)an admission appeal panel constituted in accordance with regulations under section 94(5) or 95(3) of that Act,]

(d)the governing body of any community, foundation or voluntary school so far as acting in connection with the admission of pupils to the school or otherwise performing any of their functions under Chapter I of Part III of that Act.]

[F28(e)an exclusion appeal panel constituted in accordance with regulations under section 52 of the Education Act 2002.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Words inserted by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 29, Sch. 3 para. 4

F2S. 25(1)(aaa) inserted (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 74(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. 2

F3S. 25(1)(ab) inserted (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 18(1) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7, Sch. 23 para. 12)

F4S. 25(1)(ba)–(bd) inserted by Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 29, Sch. 3 para. 4

F5S. 25(1)(bbb) inserted (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 394(1)(2), (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch Pt. 2

F6S. 25(1)(be) inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 para. 19

F7S. 25(1)(bf) inserted (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 187(1), Sch. 21 para. 6(1); S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3.

F8S. 25(1)(bg) inserted (19.12.2000 with application in relation to England and to police authorities in Wales and 28.7.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107, 108(4)-(6), Sch. 5 para. 14; S.I. 2000/3335, art. 2

F9S. 25(1)(c)(ca)(cb) substituted for s. 25(1)(c) by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 51(a)

F10S. 25(1)(cza) inserted (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 394(1)(3),(with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2

F11S. 25(1)(ca) substituted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 16; S.I. 1994/2025 art. 6(1)(2)(e)(g) (with art. 6(3)-(6)); S.I. 1995/3262, art. 4(1), Sch. (with arts. 4(2)-(8), 5)