Paragraph 1

In this Schedule—

• “average council tax”, in relation to a billing authority, its area or the relevant part of its area, and a dwelling in a particular valuation band, means the amount determined by the authority in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2 below as applicable to dwellings in that area or part and that band;

• “relevant part”, in relation to a billing authority’s area and a dwelling, means the part of its area in which the dwelling in question is situated and in relation to which the authority makes a separate calculation—

  1. (a)

     in accordance with section 30(1), (4) and (5) of the Act, of set council tax,

  2. (b)

     in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2 below, of average council tax,

  3. (c)

     in accordance with Part II of that Schedule, of scheme council tax;

• “scheme council tax”, in relation to a billing authority, its area or the relevant part of its area, and a dwelling in a particular valuation band, means the amount determined by the authority in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2 as applicable to dwellings in that area or part and that band;

• “set council tax”, in relation to a billing authority, its area or the relevant part of its area, and a dwelling in a particular valuation band means—

  1. (a)

     subject to sub-paragraph (b), the amount which, for the 1993 financial year and dwellings in that area or part and that band, has been set by the billing authority under section 30 of the Act;

  2. (b)

     where an amount has been set in substitution for such an amount as is referred in sub-paragraph (a), the amount so set.