Regulation 4 Relevant population for charging authorities' areas

(1)

The information described in this regulation is–

(a)

the number of persons, other than those to be taken into account under sub-paragraph (b), shown in the charging authority’s community charges register on the relevant day as subject on that day to a personal community charge;

(b)

the number of persons shown in the authority’s register on the relevant day as both subject on that day to a personal community charge and undertaking a full-time course of education on that day;

(c)

the registration officer’s estimate of the number of individuals who will be liable on 1st April in the chargeable financial year to pay to a chargeable person in respect of that day an amount by way of contribution in accordance with the provisions of sections 9 to 11 of the Act (collective community charge contributions);

(d)

the number of items contained in the authority’s register on the relevant day which relate to a standard community charge to which a person is shown as subject on that day, together with (in relation to each item)–

(i)

if a standard community charge multiplier is effective for the preceding financial year in relation to the relevant property, that multiplier, or

(ii)

if no standard community charge multiplier is so effective, a multiplier of 1;

(e)

the registration officer’s estimate of the extent to which the numbers described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) will change during the period from the relevant day up to and including 1st April in the chargeable financial year, either–

(i)

as a result of an order made on or before the relevant day under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1972^f1 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to that Act, or

(ii)

for any other reason;

(f)

the registration officer’s estimate of the total amount of any sums payable to the authority by way of community charge for the chargeable financial year, which will be written off as bad debts;

(g)

such other information as the authority sees fit.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)–

(a)

a chargeable person is a person shown in the authority’s register on the relevant day as subject on that day to a collective community charge;

(b)

a standard community charge multiplier is effective for the preceding financial year in relation to the relevant property if it is effective by virtue of section 40 of the Act either–

(i)

for all properties in the authority’s area, or

(ii)

for the specified class of property to which the relevant property belongs on the relevant day.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) the relevant property, in relation to an item–

(a)

is the property by virtue of which the person stated in the item in accordance with section 6(4) of the Act, is subject to the standard community charge, and

(b)

belongs to a particular class on the relevant day if (and only if) it belongs to that class immediately before the day ends.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 70.