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(1) This Order may be cited as the Relevant Functions (Payments to Authorities) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th April 2000.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
 “claim” means a claim by a local authority for a relevant sum;
 “form” means a printed document or any other format, as the Secretary of State determines, upon which a claim may be set out;
 “local authority” means a local authority named in the Schedule to this Order;
 “relevant function” has the same meaning as in section 140EE(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;
 “relevant sum” means any sum payable to a local authority by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 140EE(1);
 “relevant year” means any year commencing on or after 1st April 2000.
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(1) A claim made under this Order shall be submitted in such manner and on such form as may be approved or supplied by the Secretary of State and shall comply with the conditions specified in this article.
(2) A claim (as described in paragraph (3)) shall be made by 15th April 2000 and thereafter quarterly by the 15th day of each July, October, January and April of a relevant year.
(3) A claim shall be in respect of expenses incurred by a local authority in connection with the carrying out of any relevant function—
(a) in the case of the claim made by 15th April 2000, in the period beginning on 29th November 1999 and ending on 31st March 2000; and
(b) in any other case, in the three months immediately preceding the month by which the claim is due.
(4) A claim shall be subject to such audit processes as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in the circumstances to satisfy himself that it has been properly made and properly and accurately calculated and he shall notify local authorities accordingly.
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(1) A local authority making a claim shall—
(a) provide to the Secretary of State the information referred to in paragraph (2); and
(b) keep, and where the Secretary of State requires it or it is otherwise appropriate to do so, produce records with a bearing on that claim.
(2) The information referred to in this paragraph is such information as the Secretary of State requires, or as may otherwise be necessary, to satisfy him that—
(a) each expense included in the claim has been incurred by the local authority in connection with the carrying out of a relevant function;
(b) the claim is accurate and properly calculated; and
(c) any claim made has been properly made in accordance with the provisions of this Order,
and, in addition, other information relevant to determining the relevant sum in accordance with article 4.
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The amount of a relevant sum payable to a local authority shall be determined by the Secretary of State having regard to whether the expenses claimed such as officers' remuneration, travel and subsistence expenses and other expenses have been necessarily incurred by the local authority in connection with carrying out a relevant function and are directly related to that function.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
22nd March 2000We consent,
Clive J. C. Betts
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
23rd March 2000
SCHEDULE
Article 1

 Aylesbury Vale
 Barking and Dagenham
 Calderdale
 Castle Point
 Chelmsford
 Chiltern
 Epping Forest
 Kirklees
 Maldon
 Mendip
 Milton Keynes
 North Warwickshire
 Nuneaton and Bedworth
 Redbridge
 Rochford
 Rugby
 Sedgemoor
 South Bucks
 Southend-on-Sea
 South Somerset
 Stratford-on-Avon
 Taunton Deane
 Waltham Forest
 Warwick
 West Somerset
 Wycombe

 Monmouthshire
 Newport
 Torfaen

 Argyll and Bute
 East Renfrewshire
 Inverclyde
 North Ayrshire
 Renfrewshire