Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/70
Timestamp: 2017-09-25 10:06:17
Document Index: 493931379

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 10', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 2']

s. 70(2) substituted by 2017 c. 3 Sch. 2 para. 36
s. 70(3) words inserted by 2013 anaw 4 Sch. 1 para. 1(5)(b)
s. 70(3) words repealed by 2011 nawm 4 s. 36(3)(a) Sch. 4 Pt. B
s. 70(3) words substituted by 2015 c. 20 Sch. 13 para. 6(7)(b)
70 Restriction on promotion of Bills for changing local government areas, etc.E+W
[F1(1)][F2[F3No] local authority [F4, joint authority [F5, economic prosperity board, combined authority] or joint waste authority]F6. . .] shall have power to promote a bill for forming or abolishing any local government area F7. . . or for altering, or altering the status or electoral arrangements of, any local government area F7. . ..
[F8(2)Subsection (1) above shall have effect as if the reference to a joint authority included a reference to the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.]
[F9(3)No local authority [F10, joint authority [F5, economic prosperity board, combined authority] or joint waste authority] shall have power to promote a Bill for forming, altering or abolishing executive arrangements or alternative arrangements, or for altering arrangements for electing an elected mayor.]
F1Words in s. 70 inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 14 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(a)(h)
F2Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 1
F3Word substituted by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(1), Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 41
F4Words in s. 70(1) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 209, 245, Sch. 13 para. 2; S.I 2008/917, {art. 2(1)(p)}
F5Words in s. 70(1)(3) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), ss. 119, 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 11; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2
F6Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F7Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 1 and repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F8S. 70(2) added (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 14 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(a)(h)
F9S. 70(3) added (E.) (11.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2237, art. 3 and (W.) (1.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/808, art. 3
F10Words in s. 70(3) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 209, 245, Sch. 13 para. 2; S.I 2008/917, {art. 2(1)(p)}
C1S. 70 amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 1(a)
C2S. 70 modified by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(a)
C3S. 70 applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
S. 70 extended (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 77(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3