Section 48A — Local Government Finance Act 1988: Discretionary relief: functions of Mayoral development corporations

Discretionary relief: functions of Mayoral development corporations 48A 1 The Mayor of London may require a billing authority to provide the Mayor with information to assist the Mayor with making decisions under section 214 of the Localism Act 2011 (Mayor's power to decide that a Mayoral development corporation should have functions under section 47 above).

2 A Mayoral development corporation which has, or expects to have, functions under section 47 above may require a billing authority to provide the corporation with information to assist the corporation to exercise functions under that section.

3 A billing authority must comply with a requirement imposed on it under subsection (1) or (2) above so far as the requirement relates to information available to the billing authority.

4 A person to whom information is provided in response to a requirement imposed under subsection (1) or (2) above may use the information only for the purposes for which it was sought.

5 The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional provision in connection with, or in anticipation of, a Mayoral development corporation—

a beginning to exercise functions under section 47 above, or b ceasing to exercise functions under that section.

6 The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about payment by a Mayoral development corporation to a billing authority of amounts—

a as regards the operation of section 47 above in cases where the corporation has exercised functions under that section;

b as regards costs of collection and recovery in such cases.