The Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2849 (C. 83)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000

Made

19th October 2000

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 108(5) and (7) of the Local Government Act 2000(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000.

(2) In this Order references to sections and Schedules are, unless otherwise specified, references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Local Government Act 2000.

(3) This Order applies in relation to England only.

Provisions coming into force on 26th October 2000

2.  The following provisions shall come into force on 26th October 2000—

(a) sections 14 to 16, 21, 24, 26, 29 and 102;

(b) sections 11, 13, 22, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33 and 37, except in so far as already in force;

(c) paragraphs 1 to 5 of Schedule 1 and section 23 to the extent that it relates to those paragraphs;

(d) section 39, except subsection (3), and except in so far as already in force;

(e) section 46 and Schedule 3;

(f) paragraphs 1 to 7, 16 to 23, 29 and 33 of Schedule 5;

(g) in Schedule 6, the repeal of the following provisions in the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970(2)—

(i) section 2(2);

(ii) in section 3(1), the words “(hereafter in this Act referred to as “social services functions”)”; and

(iii) section 6(5); and

(h) section 107 to the extent that it relates to the paragraphs and repeals referred to in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this article.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Hilary Armstrong

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

19th October 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force, in relation to England only, further provisions of the Local Government Act 2000 (“the Act”).

Article 2 brings into force, on 26th October 2000, further provisions in Part II of the Act concerning local authority executives. These provisions will enable local authority councils to start drawing up detailed executive arrangements for their area and to consult on them. The article also brings into force consequential amendments and repeals of other statutory provisions.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
sections 10, 12, 17 to 20, 30, 32, 34 to 36, 38, 41, 47 and 48, and paragraphs 6, 7 and 9 to 11 of Schedule 1 as to England	7/08/00	2000/2187
Partially, sections 11, 13, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 37, 39, 44 and 45, as to England	7/08/00	2000/2187
section 103, as to England	25/08/00	2000/2420
sections 97 and 98 and, partially, section 107(2), as to England	1/10/00	2000/2187
Sections 1 to 9 and, partially, section 107(2) and Schedule 6, as to England	18/10/00	2000/2836 (c. 82)

(1)

2000 c. 22.

(2)

1970 c. 42.