# The Local Government (Rates Support Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Paragraph 3


To calculate the proportion of rates support grant payable to a council, the total of negative variances shall be calculated and each council’s negative variance (if any) expressed as a percentage of the total.
Council's negative variance Total of councils' negative variances ×100 =Percentage allocation of total grant

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2011/9780337985379/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-government-rates-support-grant-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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