Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)

Part I E+W+S Local Authority Members, Officers, Staff and Committees etc.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21) applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this part (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4 para. (j)(i); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m) (subject to art. 2(3))

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): extended (E.W.) (26.10.2000 for E. and 28.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 23, 108(4), Sch. 1 para. 3(13); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(c)

C2 Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): extended (E.) (6.5.2002) by The Local Authorities (Elected Mayor and Mayor's Assistant) (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/975), regs. 1(2), 3(6)

C3 Pt. 1 functions made exercisable by joint standards committees (E.) (15.6.2009) by The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1255), regs. 1(1), 14

Duties of particular officers E+W+S

5 Designation and reports of monitoring officer. E+W+S

(1) It shall be the duty of every relevant authority—

(a) to designate one of their officers (to be known as “the monitoring officer”) as the officer responsible for performing the duties imposed by this section [F1 and, where relevant, section 5A below]; and

(b) to provide that officer with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are, in his opinion, sufficient to allow those duties [F2 and, where relevant, the duties under section 5A below] to be performed;

and [F3 subject to subsection (1A) below] the officer so designated may be the head of the authority’s paid service F4 ... but shall not be their chief finance officer.

[F5 (1A) The officer designated under subsection (1) above by a relevant authority to which this subsection applies may not be the head of that authority’s paid service.

(1B) Subsection (1A) above applies to the following relevant authorities in England F6 ...—

(a) a county council,

F7 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) a district council,

(d) a London borough council,

(e) the Greater London Authority, and

(f) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority.]

[F8 (1BA) The officer designated under subsection (1)(a) above by a relevant authority which is the council of a county or county borough in Wales may not be the authority's chief executive.]

[F9 (1BB) The officer designated under subsection (1)(a) above by a relevant authority which is a corporate joint committee may not be the authority’s chief executive.]

[F10 (1C) In the case of an elected local policing body, the body's chief executive is to be taken to have been designated as the monitoring officer (and, accordingly, subsection (1)(a) does not apply; but references to persons designated under this section include references to the body's chief executive).]

(2) [F11 Subject to subsection (2B),] it shall be the duty of a relevant authority’s monitoring officer, if it at any time appears to him that any proposal, decision or omission by the authority, by any committee, [F12 or sub-committee of the authority, by any person holding any office or employment under the authority] or by any joint committee on which the authority are represented constitutes, has given rise to or is likely to or would give rise to—

(a) a contravention by the authority, by any committee, [F12 or sub-committee of the authority, by any person holding any office or employment under the authority] or by any such joint committee of any enactment or rule of law [F13 or of any code of practice made or approved by or under any enactment]; or

[F14 (aa) any such maladministration or failure as is mentioned in Part 3 of the Local Government Act 1974 (Local Commissioners), or]

(b) any such maladministration or injustice as is mentioned in F15 ... Part II of the M1 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (which makes corresponding provision for Scotland) [F16 ; or

(c) a matter which the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales would be entitled to investigate under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 [F17 or the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019],]

to prepare a report to the authority with respect to that proposal, decision or omission.

[F18 (2A) No duty shall arise by virtue of subsection (2)(b) above unless a Local Commissioner (within the meaning of the M2 Local Government Act 1974) has conducted an investigation under Part III of that Act in relation to the proposal, decision or omission concerned.]

[F19 (2AA) No duty shall arise by virtue of subsection (2)(c) above unless the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has conducted an investigation under the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 [F20 or the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019] in relation to the proposal, decision or omission concerned.]

[F21 (2B) Where a relevant authority are operating executive arrangements, the monitoring officer of the relevant authority shall not make a report under subsection (2) in respect of any proposal, decision or omission unless it is a proposal, decision or omission made otherwise than by or on behalf of the relevant authority’s executive.]

(3) It shall be the duty of a relevant authority’s monitoring officer—

[F22 (a) in preparing a report under this section to consult so far as practicable with—

(i) in the case of a relevant authority which is the council of a county or county borough in Wales, the person who is for the time being the authority’s chief executive and with their chief finance officer;

(ii) in the case of a relevant authority which is a corporate joint committee, the person who is for the time being appointed as the authority’s chief executive and with their chief finance officer;

(iii) in the case of any other relevant authority, the person who is for the time being designated as the head of the authority’s paid service under section 4 above and with their chief finance officer;]

[F23 (aa) in the case of a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, to the authority and to the police and crime panel for the police area—

(i) which corresponds to the authority's area, or

(ii) within which the area of the authority falls;]

[F24 (ab) in the case of the London Fire Commissioner, to the Commissioner;]

(b) as soon as practicable after such a report has been prepared by him or his deputy, to arrange for a copy of it to be [F25 sent—

(a) in the case of an elected local policing body, to the body and to the police and crime panel for the body's police area; and

(b) in any other case, to] each member of the authority [F26 and, in a case where the relevant authority have a mayor and council manager executive, to the council manager of the authority].

[F27 (3A) The references in subsection (2) above, in relation to a relevant authority in England, to a committee or sub-committee of the authority and to a joint committee on which they are represented shall be taken to include references to—

(a) any inshore fisheries and conservation authority (“IFC authority”) the members of which include persons who are members of the relevant authority, and

(b) any sub-committee appointed by such an authority;

but in relation to any such IFC authority or sub-committee the reference in subsection (3)(b) above to each member of the authority shall have effect as a reference to each member of the IFC authority or, as the case may be, of the IFC authority which appointed the sub-committee.]

F28 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) It shall be the duty of a relevant authority [F29 and of any IFC authority falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (3A) above] [F30 and of any such committee as is mentioned in subsection (4) above]—

(a) to consider any report under this section by a monitoring officer or his [F31 deputy—

(i) in the case of an elected local policing body, no later than three months after the body is sent a copy of the report; and

[F32 (ia) in the case of a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, no later than three months after the authority is sent a copy of the report;]

[F33 (ib) in the case of the London Fire Commissioner, no later than three months after the Commissioner is sent a copy of the report;]

(ii) in any other case, at] a meeting held not more than twenty-one days after copies of the report are first sent to members of the authority [F34 or committee]; and

(b) without prejudice to any duty imposed by virtue of section 115 of the M3 Local Government Finance Act 1988 (duties in respect of conduct involving contraventions of financial obligations) or otherwise, to ensure that no step is taken for giving effect to any proposal or decision to which such a report relates at any time while the implementation of the proposal or decision is suspended in consequence of the report;

and nothing in section 101 of the M4 Local Government Act 1972 or in section 56 of F35 ... the M5 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (delegation) shall apply to the duty imposed by virtue of paragraph (a) above.

[F36 (5A) In the case of a relevant authority which is a corporate joint committee, regulation 13 of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (arrangements for the discharge of functions) does not apply to the duty imposed by virtue of subsection (5)(a).]

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (5) above the implementation of a proposal or decision to which a report under this section relates shall be suspended in consequence of the report until the end of the first business day after the day on which consideration of that report under paragraph (a) of that subsection is concluded.

(7) The duties of a relevant authority’s monitoring officer under this section shall be performed by him personally or, where he is unable to act owing to absence or illness, personally by such member of his staff as he has for the time being nominated as his deputy for the purposes of this section.

[F37 (7A) Subsection (7) above shall have effect subject to section 82A of the Local Government Act 2000 (monitoring officers: delegation of functions under Part 3 of that Act).]

(8) In this section [F38 and in section 5A]—

• “business day”, in relation to a relevant authority, means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or any day which is a bank holiday under the M6 Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in the part of Great Britain where the area of the authority is situated;

• “chief finance officer”, in relation to a relevant authority, means the officer having responsibility, for the purposes of section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972, section 73 of the M7 Local Government Act 1985, section 112 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [F39 , section 127(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999] [F40 , Schedule 1 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011] [F41 , section 4D(4) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004] or section 6 below or for the purposes of section 95 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, for the administration of the authority’s financial affairs; [F42 and]

• [F43 “inshore fisheries and conservation authority” means the authority for an inshore fisheries and conservation district established under section 149 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;]

• “relevant authority”—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, means a local authority of any of the descriptions specified in paragraphs (a) to [F44 (k)] of section 21(1) below [F45 , a corporate joint committee,] [F46 an elected local policing body [F47 , a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 and the London Fire Commissioner]]; and

(b) in relation to Scotland, means a local authority.

[F48 (8A) Any reference in this section to the duties of a monitoring officer imposed by this section, or to the duties of a monitoring officer under this section, shall include a reference to the functions which are conferred on a monitoring officer by virtue of Part III of the Local Government Act 2000.]

F49 (8B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) This section shall come into force at the expiry of the period of two months beginning on the day this Act is passed.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 5(1)(a) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(a); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(a)

F2 Words in s. 5(1)(b) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(b); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(b)

F3 Words in s. 5(1) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(2)

F4 Words in s. 5(1) omitted (16.1.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 202(2); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 55)

F5 S. 5(1A)(1B) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(3)

F6 Words in s. 5(1B) omitted (5.5.2022) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 9(a)(i); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)

F7 S. 5(1B)(b) omitted (5.5.2022) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 9(a)(ii); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)

F8 S. 5(1BA) inserted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 5 para. 9(b); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)

F9 S. 5(1BB) inserted (W.) (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 7(2)

F10 S. 5(1C) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 202(3); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1

F11 Words in s. 5(2) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(c); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(c)

F12 Words in s. 5(2) substituted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 35(b); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch. (subject to art. 5)

F13 Words in s. 5(2)(a) repealed (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1)(2), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(4), Sch. 6

F14 S. 5(2)(aa) inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 12 para. 14(2)(a); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(n) (with art. 6(5))

F15 Words in s. 5(2)(b) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 12 para. 14(2)(b), Sch. 18 Pt. 14; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(n)(ii)(v) (with art. 6(5))

F16 S. 5(2)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 24(2); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)

F17 Words in s. 5(2)(c) inserted (E.W.) (23.7.2019) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3), s. 77(1), Sch. 5 para. 11(a); S.I. 2019/1096, reg. 2

F18 S. 5(2A) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(6)

F19 S. 5(2AA) inserted (1.4.2006) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c. 10), s. 40, Sch. 6 para. 24(3); S.I. 2005/2800, art. 5(1)(3)

F20 Words in s. 5(2AA) inserted (E.W.) (23.7.2019) by Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3), s. 77(1), Sch. 5 para. 11(b); S.I. 2019/1096, reg. 2

F21 S. 5(2B) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(d); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(d)

F22 S. 5(3)(a) substituted (5.5.2022) by 2021 asc 1, Sch. 5 para. 9(c) (as substituted by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 42(3)(b))

F23 S. 5(3)(aa) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 63(2); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38

F24 S. 5(3)(ab) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 88(2); S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

F25 Words in s. 5(3)(b) substituted (16.1.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 202(4); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1

F26 Words in s. 5(3)(b) repealed (W.) (10.7.2011) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 34(8)(a), 178(2), Sch. 4 Pt. B

F27 S. 5(3A) inserted (1.10.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(2); S.I. 2010/2195, art. 3(2)(l)

F28 S. 5(4) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))

F29 Words in s. 5(5) inserted (1.10.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(3); S.I. 2010/2195, art. 3(2)(l)

F30 Words in s. 5(5) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))

F31 Words in s. 5(5)(a) substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 202(5); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1

F32 S. 5(5)(a)(ia) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 63(3); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38

F33 S. 5(5)(a)(ib) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 88(3); S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

F34 Words in s. 5(5)(a) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))

F35 Words in s. 5(5) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 161(1)(4), Sch. 14 (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2

F36 S. 5(5A) inserted (W.) (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 7(4)

F37 S. 5(7A) inserted (E.W.) (18.11.2003) by Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), ss. 113(3), 128(2)(d)

F38 Words in s. 5(8) inserted (E.) (11.7.2001) and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/2237, arts. 1(2), 23(1)(f); S.I. 2002/808, arts. 1(2), 22(1)(f)

F39 S. 5(8): words in the definition of "chief finance officer" inserted (8.5.2000 for specified purposes, otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 132(1)(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, arts. 3, 4

F40 Words in s. 5(8) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 202(6)(a); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1

F41 Words in s. 5(8) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 63(4)(a); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38

F42 Word in s. 5(8) repealed (1.4.2010 for W., 1.4.2011 for E.) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 4; S.I. 2010/630, art. 3(b) (with arts. 8, 12); S.I. 2011/556, art. 2(2)(o) (with art. 2(3))

F43 Words in s. 5(8) inserted (1.10.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(4); S.I. 2010/2195, art. 3(2)(l)

F44 S. 5(8): words in para. (a) of the definition of "relevant authority" substituted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(7)

F45 Words in s. 5(8) inserted (W.) (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 7(5)

F46 Words in s. 5(8) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 63(4)(b); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38

F47 Words in s. 5(8) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 88(4); S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

F48 S. 5(8A) inserted (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107(1), 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(1)(8)

F49 S. 5(8B) omitted (5.5.2022) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 13 para. 10; S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(v)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 S. 5 extended (E.W.) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 13(7)(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)

C5 S. 5 applied (with modifications) (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 73 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2 (as amended: (27.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1435, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 5; (E.W.) (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 107, 108(4), Sch. 5 para. 24(5), Sch. 6; and (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 49; and (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 38; S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i))

C6 S. 5 applied (with modifications) (23.11.1995) by S.I. 1995/2803, art. 19(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(3)

C7 S. 5 extended (with modifications) (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 36, Sch. 5 para. 15 (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2

C8 S. 5 applied (E.) (22.7.2004) by The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1777), arts. 1, 17(7)

C9 S. 5 applied (E.) (22.7.2004) by The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Establishment of Conservation Board) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1778), arts. 1, 17(7)(b)

C10 S. 5 applied (E.) (24.3.2005) by The New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/421), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 9(3)

C11 S. 5 applied (E.) (24.3.2010) by The South Downs National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/497), art. 1, Sch. 4 para. 9(3)

C12 S. 5 applied (with modifications) (E.) (3.3.2017) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/250), arts. 1(2), 7

C13 S. 5 applied (E.) (8.5.2017) by The West of England Combined Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/126), arts. 1(4), 16

C14 S. 5 applied (E.) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/612), arts. 1(3), 6

C15 S. 5 applied (with modifications) (E.) (8.5.2017) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/470), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 9(4)

C16 S. 5 applied (E.) (8.5.2017) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/510), arts. 1(2), 15

C17 S. 5 applied (E.) (8.5.2017) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/430), arts. 1(3), 12(2)

C18 S. 5 applied (E.) (2.11.2018) by The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1133), arts. 1, 17(2) (with art. 28)

C19 S. 5 applied (26.6.2020) by S.I. 2017/469, Sch. 1 para. 2(3) (as inserted by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Fire and Rescue Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/641), arts. 1, 9)

C20 S. 5 applied (28.7.2020) by The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/806), arts. 1, 13(2)

C21 S. 5 applied (E.) (30.1.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(2), 16(2)

C22 S. 5 applied (with modifications) (E.) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 33(2), Sch. 5 para. 9(4)

C23 S. 5 applied (E.) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 12(2)

C24 S. 5 applied (with modifications) (E.) (20.12.2023) by The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1432), arts. 1(2), 46(2), Sch. 7 para. 3(3)

C25 S. 5 applied (E.) (28.2.2024) by The East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/232), regs. 1(2), 13(2)

C26 S. 5(1) applied (10.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1095, art. 6(5)(a)

C27 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), arts. 1, 8(4)

C28 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), arts. 1, 17(4)

C29 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 9(5)

C30 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 9(5)

C31 S. 5(2)-(7) applied with modifications (E.) (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 28(5)

C32 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 9(5)

C33 S. 5(2)-(7) applied with modifications (E.) (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 13(5)

C34 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 7(4)

C35 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 9(5)

C36 S. 5(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (E.) (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 9(5)

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M1 1975 c. 30.

M2 1974 c. 7.

M3 1988 c. 41.

M4 1972 c. 70.

M5 1973 c. 65.

M6 1971 c. 80.

M7 1985 c. 51.