Financial administration
4.—(1) Part VIII (financial administration) of the Local Government Act 1988(1) (“the 1988 Act”) shall apply to a National Park authority as if—
(a)that authority were a relevant authority for the purposes of that Part; and
(b)references to “the commencement day” were references to 1st April 1997.
(2) Section 113(2)(b) (qualifications) shall have effect in relation to the person having responsibility, under section 151 of the 1972 Act(2), for the administration of the financial affairs of a National Park authority as if that authority were an authority mentioned in section 112(2)(a) to (k) of the 1988 Act.
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Section 151 is applied to National Park authorities by paragraph 13(6) of Schedule 7 to the 1995 Act.