Welsh Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 718 (W.25)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES

The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Wales) Regulations 2000

Made

8th February 2000

Coming into force

9th February 2000

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 76(4) and 140(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1), which are now vested in it so far as exercisable in Wales(2).

Citation, commencement and application E+W

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Wales) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 9th February 2000.

(2) These Regulations apply only to Wales.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 9.2.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Revocation E+W

2.  In relation to any financial year beginning on or after 1st April 2000, the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) Regulations 1992(3), the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) 1993(4), the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1995(5) the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1998(6) are hereby revoked.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 9.2.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Specified Bodies E+W

3.  The following bodies are specified for the purposes of section 76(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, namely:–

(a) The Fire Services Examinations Board;

(b) The National Institute for Adult Continuing Education;

(c) The Local Government International Bureau;

F1 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) Public Private Partnerships Programme Limited;

(f) Syniad;

(g) Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government;

(h) Employers' Organisation for Local Government; and

(i) National Foundation for Educational Research.

[F2 (j) The Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3(d) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/706), regs. 1(1), 2(a)

F2 Reg. 3(j) added (with effect in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/706), regs. 1(1), 2(b)

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 9.2.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(7)

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Sections 78 and 79 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 provide for revenue support grant to be payable to any body which provides services for local authorities and which is specified by the Secretary of State in regulations. These powers are now vested in the National Assembly for Wales in relation to Wales.

These Regulations specify bodies for this purpose. The previous Regulations are revoked and replaced by these Regulations in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2000. Syniad (the Welsh Improvement, Development and Employers' Agency), becomes a specified body for the purposes of section 78.

(1)

1988 c. 41. Section 76 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 19). Schedule 10, paragraph 8.

(2)

See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

(3)

S.I. 1992/89

(4)

S.I. 1993/139

(5)

S.I. 1995/3184

(6)

S.I. 1998/2995

(7)

1998 c. 38