Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 2894

The Local Government Changes For England (Designation of Authorities) Order 1995

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1995 No. 2894

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Changes For England (Designation of Authorities) Order 1995

The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992^[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Designation of Authorities) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st December 1995.

Designated authorities: transfer of property etc.
    2.    In relation to a local authority named in column (1) of the following Table which is to be wound up and dissolved on 1st April 1996^[2] the corresponding local authority named in column (2) of the Table is specified as the designated authority for the purposes of regulation 6(8) and Part III of the Local Government Changes for England (Property Transfer and Transitional Payments) Regulations 1995^[3]—
TABLE

(1)	(2)
Abolished authority	Designated authority
Avon County Counci	Bristol City Council
Cleveland County Council	Middlesbrough Borough Council
Humberside County Council	East Riding of Yorkshire District Council
Boothferry Borough Council	East Riding of Yorkshire District Council

Designated authorities: finance
    3.    In the Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995, for article 15 (designated authority) substitute—
"The council of the district of the East Riding of Yorkshire is specified as the designated authority in relation to the County Council and the Boothferry Borough Council for the purposes of the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) Regulations 1994^[4]." .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

David Curry

Minister of State, Department of the Environment

9th November 1995

Article 2 specifies, as respects authorities abolished by orders already made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, the authorities which are to be designated authorities for the purposes of provisions of the Local Government Changes for England (Property Transfer and Transitional Payments) Regulations 1995.

Article 3 substitutes a new article 15 in the Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 which specifies the East Riding of Yorkshire District Council as the designated authority in relation to both the Humberside County Council and the Boothferry Borough Council for the purposes of certain finance functions.

[1] 1992 c. 19. back

[2] see the Cleveland (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/187); the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/493) and the Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/600). back

[3] S.I. 1995/402; Part III is amended by S.I. 1995/2796. back

[4] S.I. 1994/2825; S.I. 1995/2862. back