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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/3239/introduction/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) Regulations 2003</dc:title><dc:subject>Employment terms and conditions</dc:subject><dc:subject>Housing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Termination of employment</dc:subject><dc:subject>Retirement</dc:subject><dc:subject>Capital expenditure</dc:subject><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2017-11-16</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">LOCAL AUTHORITIES, WALES</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) allows the National Assembly for Wales to make provision for a new system of local government capital finance to replace the existing regime set out in Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. These regulations are made under the provisions in Part I of the 2003 Act.</dc:description>
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<Number>2003 No. 3239 (W.319)</Number>
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