The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Commencement No. 9 and Saving) Order 1990

Made: 27th July 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 195(2) and (3) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Commencement No. 9 and Saving) Order 1990.

2

In this Order “the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

3

The following provisions of the 1989 Act shall come into force on 1st August 1990 subject to the provisions of the Schedule to this Order—

• section 9, as it applies in relation to England and Wales and insofar as it is not already in force,

• section 13, insofar as it is not already in force,

• section 15, as it applies in relation to England and Wales and insofar as it is not already in force,

• section 16, as it applies in relation to England and Wales,

• section 17, as it applies in relation to England and Wales and insofar as it is not already in force,

• section 194(4), insofar as it relates to the repeal in Part II of Schedule 12 of words in section 102(3) of the Local Government Act 1972[^f00002] and of section 33 of the Local Government Act 1985[^f00003].

SCHEDULE — SAVING

Section 13 of the 1989 Act and the repeal in section 102(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 shall not have effect in relation to a parish or community council until 1st January 1991.

Signed

Chris Patten — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 27th July 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st August 1990 in relation to authorities in England and Wales the following provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989—

• section 9 (assistants for political groups),

• section 15 (duty to allocate seats to political groups), and Schedule 1, to the extent that they are not in force;

• section 16 (duty to give effect to allocations);

• section 17 (exceptions to and extensions of political balance requirements), to the extent that it is not in force; and

• section 194(4) in relation to the repeal of section 33 of the Local Government Act 1985.

The Order also brings into force section 13 (voting rights of members of certain committees: England and Wales) and section 194(4) in relation to the repeal of words in section 102(3) of the Local Government Act 1972. Those provisions have effect, in relation to parish and community councils, from 1st January 1991 and, in relation to other authorities, from 1st August 1990.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 42.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 70.

[^f00003]: 1985 c. 51.