Local Government Act 2001

The local fund.

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97.—(1) Every local authority shall maintain a fund to be known as the local fund which consists of such accounts kept under section 107 as may be necessary.

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(b) A reference in any enactment to a county fund, municipal fund or any other fund, which was maintained immediately before the commencement of this provision, shall be read as a reference to a local fund.

(3) There shall be paid into the local fund all money received by or on behalf of a local authority F116[(including by or on behalf of a successor authority in respect of a dissolved body to which the successor authority relates)], other than money received for the purposes of a community fund established under section 109 F117[or a BID fund established under section 129K].

(4) Subject to section 99, there shall be paid out of the local fund the expenses incurred by a local authority in the performance of its functions, other than expenses payable out of a community fund established under section 109 F117[or a BID fund established under section 129K].

(5) A payment shall not be made out of the local fund unless it is authorised in accordance with section 99 or ordered by a court established under the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act, 1961.

Annotations

Amendments:

F115

Deleted (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 58(a), S.I. No. 214 of 2014.

F116

Inserted (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 58(b), S.I. No. 214 of 2014.

F117

Inserted (24.04.2007) by Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Act 2006 (42/2006), s. 3, S.I. No. 165 of 2007.