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(1)Section 2 above shall not apply after the date on which this section comes into force and, subject to subsections (2) and (5) below, the other provisions of Part I of this Act shall have effect as if every authority to which that Part applies were a designated authority in relation to each financial year beginning after the date.
(2)If in any financial year it appears to the Secretary of State from the best information available to him that an authority—
(a)has in each of the three preceding financial years complied with subsection (3) below and is likely to comply with that subsection in that financial year; or
(b)has in each of the three preceding financial years complied with subsection (4) below and is likely to comply with that subsection in that financial year,
he shall by a notice in writing served on that authority exempt it from the operation of subsection (1) above in relation to the next financial year.
(3)An authority complies with this subsection in a financial year if it has not been designated in relation to that year under section 2 above and its total expenditure in that year does not exceed its grant-related expenditure for that year.
(4)An authority complies with this subsection in a financial year if it has not been designated in relation to that year under section 2 above and complies in that year with guidance issued to it for the purposes of section 59(6)(cc) of the M1Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
(5)If in a case to which subsection (2) above does not apply it appears to the Secretary of State from the best information available to him that the total expenditure of an authority in any financial year is not likely to exceed such amount as may be prescribed by an order made by him for the purposes of this subsection, he may by a notice in writing served on that authority exempt it from the operation of subsection (1) above in relation to the next financial year.
(6)The power to make an order under subsection (5) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.
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C1S. 10restricted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 68(6)(b), 82(1)
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