Section 1 | Repeal of section 101 of Local Government Finance Act 1988.

(1)In the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (in this Act referred to as “the 1988 Act”) section 101 (which contains restrictions on the powers of the Secretary of State to designate English or Welsh authorities under section 100 of that Act) shall cease to have effect.

(2)In consequence of subsection (1) above, the following provisions of the 1988 Act shall also cease to have effect—

(a)section 103(7) (which modifies provisions of section 101 in certain cases); and

(b)in section 143(6) (which relates to the power to make orders under provisions of section 101) the words “section 101(1) or (2) above or”.

(3)Subsections (1) and (2) above do not have effect as regards any chargeable financial year, as defined in section 145 of the 1988 Act, which begins before 1st April 1992.