Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

• “charging authority” means an English charging authority;

• “liabilities” means–

  1. (a)

     the liability of a charging authority to pay anything from its collection fund in respect of any precept issued under the Act, after taking into account any amount credited against that liability under section 71(6) of the Act or under regulations made under section 141A of the Act^f1, and

  2. (b)

     the liability of such an authority to transfer anything from its collection fund under section 97 of the Act;

• “relevant parish authority” in relation to a charging authority means–

  1. (a)

     a parish council,

  2. (b)

     a chairman of a parish meeting, and

  3. (c)

     charter trustees

  having power to issue a precept to that charging authority;

• “relevant precepting authority” in relation to a charging authority means each relevant parish authority and each relevant principal authority and in relation to the Common Council of the City of London includes each Temples authority;

• “relevant principal authority” in relation to a charging authority means each precepting authority, other than a relevant parish authority or a Temples authority, which has power to issue a precept to that charging authority, and for the purposes of references in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations to transfers to a relevant principal authority includes the charging authority itself;

• “schedule of instalments” means a schedule prepared by a charging authority with respect to the times for and the number and amounts of payments or transfers from its collection fund in respect of its liabilities;

• “Temples authority” means–

  1. (a)

     the sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple, and

  2. (b)

     the under-treasurer of the Middle Temple.