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Regulation 9 External funds

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(1)

Borrowing of money by a local authority for the purposes of the following funds is not to be treated as borrowing by the authority for the purposes of these Regulations—

(a)

a superannuation fund which the authority is required to keep by virtue of the Superannuation Act 1972;

(b)

a pension fund which the local authority is required to keep by virtue of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;

(c)

a trust fund of which the authority is a trustee;

(d)

a common good fund.

(2)

Entry into a credit arrangement by a local authority for the purposes of a fund mentioned in paragraph (1) is not to be treated as being entry into a credit arrangement by the authority for the purposes of these Regulations.

(3)

The temporary use by a local authority of money forming part of a fund mentioned in paragraph (1), otherwise than for the purposes of the fund, is to be treated as borrowing by the authority for the purposes of these Regulations.