The Secretary of State was entitled in his rate support grant each year to adopt for the population of an area the figure estimated by the Registrar General, rather than determining the figure itself. That was not regarded by the court as an unlawful delegation of part of the Secretary of State’s statutory task.
Citations:
[1990] COD 195
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Audit Commission for England and Wales v Ealing London Borough Council CA 16-May-2005
The authority complained that the respondent intended to adopt the assessment of its performance the judgment of a third party.
Held: There had been no unlawful delegation of the Audit Commissions duties. The Commission for Social Care . .
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Local Government
Updated: 26 November 2022; Ref: scu.225438
