Paragraph 2

For paragraph 3(2) and (3) of Schedule 2 to the Devon and Cornwall Police Amalgamation Scheme 1974 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(2)

In this Schedule the expression “the appropriate proportion” means, in respect of each financial year and in the case of each constituent council, the proportion which the relevant amount for that council bears to the total of the relevant amounts for all the constituent councils.

(3)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above the relevant amount for a constituent council is—

(a)

if the local government finance report under section 78A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988^f1 relating to the financial year requires the Secretary of State to calculate for that council a council tax base for revenue support grant purposes, the amount so calculated, or

(b)

in any other case, the amount for that council for the year of item T in subsection (1), or as the case may be the amount determined as item T under subsection (6), of section 44 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (major precepting authorities' council tax bases).”.