Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 1553

The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990

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1990 No. 1553

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 9(10), 13(3)(b), 13(4)(g), 13(4)(h), 15(1)(e), 15(2), 17(1)(a), 17(3), 17(5), 190(1) and 191(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3 and 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st August 1990.

Interpretation
    2.    In these Regulations—
"the 1972 Act" means the Local Government Act 1972^[2];
"the 1989 Act" means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
"authority", except in Part II and as provided in regulations 6(2) and 18, means a relevant authority as defined in relation to England and Wales in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act; and
"financial year" means the period of twelve months ending on 31st March.

[1] 1989 c. 42. back

[2] 1972 c. 70. back

Explanatory Note