Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984

1984 CHAPTER 53

Contents

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1. Part I

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2. Part II

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3. Part III

   Staff Commission

   1. 4. Establishment and functions of staff commission

4. Part IV

   Miscellaneous and Supplementary

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   2. 6. Postponement of exercise of functions

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   4. 10. Disqualification for contravention of sections 8 and 9

   5. 11. Accounts and financial consultation

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   7. 13. Short title and interpretation

An Act to make provision for the composition of the Greater London Council and metropolitan county councils pending a decision by Parliament on their continued existence; to establish a commission for safeguarding the interests of local government staff employed by or in the areas of those authorities; to require those authorities and their officers to furnish information in connection with proposals for the abolition of those authorities and the transfer of their functions; to postpone the exercise of certain functions by or in relation to those authorities; to control the general expenditure powers of, and disposals of land and contracts made by, those authorities; and to confer rights in respect of the accounts and finances of those authorities on London borough councils, the Common Council and metropolitan district councils.

[31st July 1984]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same:—

Part I

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Part II

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Part III Staff Commission

4 Establishment and functions of staff commission

(1)The Secretary of State, after consulting such bodies representative of relevant authorities or of staff employed by them as appear to him to be concerned, shall, not later than one month after the passing of this Act, establish a staff commission for the purpose of—

(a)advising the Secretary of State on the steps necessary to safeguard the interests of the staff employed by relevant authorities; and

(b)considering and keeping under review—

(i)the arrangements for the recruitment of staff by those authorities; and

(ii)the arrangements for any transfer of staff employed by them in the event of Parliament approving any transfer of functions to which this section applies.

(2)The Secretary of State may give directions to the staff commission as to their procedure and to any relevant authority with respect to—

(a)the furnishing of any information requested, and the implementation of any advice given, by the commission; and

(b)the payment by a relevant authority of any expenses incurred by the commission in doing anything requested by the authority;

and it shall be the duty of the commission and of a relevant authority to comply with any direction given to it under this subsection.

(3)Any expenses incurred by the staff commission under this section and not recovered from a relevant authority shall be paid by the Secretary of State.

(4)The relevant authorities for the purposes of this section are—

(a)the Greater London Council, the London borough councils and the Common Council;

(b)metropolitan county councils and metropolitan district councils;

and this section applies, in relation to authorities within paragraph (a) above, to any transfer of functions from the Greater London Council to the London borough councils, to the Common Council or to any other body and, in relation to authorities within paragraph (b) above, to any transfer of functions from metropolitan county councils to metropolitan district councils or to any other body.