The Local Authorities (Expenditure Powers) Order 1984

• Citation: S.I. 1984/197
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) This order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Expenditure Powers) Order 1984 and shall come into operation on 24th March 1984.

(2) This order applies to local authorities which are not local education authorities.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this order—

“ the Act ” means the Local Government Act 1972;

“ the school milk subsidy scheme of the European Economic Community ” means the scheme laid down by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1842/83 concerning the supply of milk and certain milk products at reduced prices to children in schools.

Section 3 Specified expenditure

The following expenditure is hereby specified for the purposes of section 137(4B) of the Act (expenditure to be disregarded in determining whether a local authority has exceeded the spending limit set out in section 137(4)), namely, expenditure by a local authority on the provision of milk and milk products in schools to the extent that it is defrayed by any payment to the authority by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce in accordance with the school milk subsidy scheme of the European Economic Community.