Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 419
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND
The Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (England) Order 2005
Made
28th February 2005
Laid before Parliament
8th March 2005
Coming into force
29th March 2005
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12B to the Local Government Act 1972( 1 ) hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (England) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 29th March 2005.
Expenditure limits
2. For the purposes of section 137(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 (power of local authorities to incur expenditure for certain purposes not otherwise authorised), the sum of £5.30 is specified as the sum appropriate to a local authority( 2 ) in England for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2005.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Phil Hope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
28th February 2005
1972 c. 70 . Schedule 12B was inserted by section 118(2) of the Local Government Act 2003 c. 26 .
For the purposes of section 137, except for subsection (3), “local authority”, as respects England, is defined as a parish council, see section 137(9) and (10) of the Local Government Act 1972. In subsection (3), “local authority” means, in relation to England, a county council, district council, London borough council, the Common Council or a parish council, see section 137(10)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972. However, subsection (3) provides that, for the purposes of that subsection, as respects England, only parish councils are subject to the provisions of section 137(4). The appropriate sum, as respects England, therefore applies only to parish councils.