The European Regional Development Fund (London Operational Programme) (Implementation) Regulations 2008

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1998 Act” means the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998(1);

“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999(2);

“the Agency” means the London Development Agency established by section 1 of the 1998 Act(3);

“the Commission” means the Commission of the European Communities;

“commitment” means an agreement entered into by the Agency or a global grant body in relation to an award of assistance granted by the Fund;

“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No.1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No.1260/1999(4);

“the Fund” means the European Regional Development Fund, being one of the two Structural Funds referred to in Article 1;

“the Fund contribution” means the contribution from the Fund made available for the Operational Programme;

“the GLA” means the Greater London Authority established by section 1 of the 1999 Act;

“global grant body” means a body entrusted under Article 42(1) with the management and implementation of a part of the Operating Programme;

“intermediate body” has the meaning given by Article 2;

“intermediate body functions” means—

(a)

in relation to the GLA, the functions entrusted to the GLA by virtue of its designation as an intermediate body by regulation 3(1);

(b)

in relation to the Agency, the functions entrusted to the Agency by virtue of its designation as an intermediate body by regulation 3(3);

“London region” means the region named “London” in Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act;

“the Managing Authority” means the authority designated under Article 59(1)(a) as the managing authority for the Operational Programme;

“Operational Programme” means the document(5) which—

(a)

is an “operational programme” within the meaning given by Article 2; and

(b)

sets out the development strategy to be carried out with the aid of the Fund in the London region as a contribution towards achieving the Regional competitiveness and employment objective referred to in Article 3(2); and

“Schedule of Functions” means the document published by the Secretary of State on 16th May 2008 under the title “Schedule of Functions of the Managing Authority for the European Regional Development Fund: Operational Programme covering the Regional competitiveness and employment objective for London”, prepared for the purpose of defining the functions of the bodies concerned in the management and control of the Operational Programme(6).

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to an Article is a reference to an Article of the Council Regulation.

(1)

1998 c.45. The Act is amended, so far as it relates to the London Development Agency, by Part 5 of, and Schedule 25 to, the 1999 Act.

(2)

1999 c.29.

(3)

The Agency is the regional development agency established for the London region and is one of the functional bodies defined for the purposes of the 1999 Act by section 424(1) of that Act.

(4)

OJ No L 210, 31.7.2006, p.25.

(5)

The document is entitled “the operational programme for Community assistance from the European Regional Development Fund under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective in the region of London in the United Kingdom” and was adopted by the Commission on 7th December 2007.

(6)

The Schedule will form part of the management and control system of the Operational Programme required to be set up by the Member State by Article 58. Section 2 of the Schedule defines the functions to be reserved for exercise by the Managing Authority. Section 3A defines the functions to be entrusted to the GLA. Section 3B defines the functions to be entrusted to the Agency.