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Local Government Act 2002

Council-controlled organisations and council organisations - Directors

61: Activities undertaken on behalf of local authorities

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“Rules about what groups working for councils can do”

This part of the law is about activities that council-controlled organisations do for local authorities. It says that even if a local authority owns part of a council-controlled organisation, section 17A still applies to any deals or arrangements between them. Section 17A is about how local authorities should deliver services. This rule applies no matter what, even if the local authority doesn’t own any part of the organisation.

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Part 5 Council-controlled organisations and council organisations
Directors

61Activities undertaken on behalf of local authorities

  1. Nothing in this Part restricts or limits the application of section 17A to any arrangement or agreement under which a council-controlled organisation undertakes any responsibility on behalf of a local authority, irrespective of whether the local authority is a shareholder of the council-controlled organisation.

Notes
  • Section 61: replaced, on , by section 19 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).