# The Transport Levying Bodies (Amendment) Regulations 2018 Draft 2018, ISBN 9780111167533 These Regulations further amend the Transport Levying Bodies Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”) in consequence of the establishment of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. Made under: Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Section 74, Section 143) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/draft-transport-levying-bodies-amendment-regulations-2018/pdf/ukdsi_9780111167533_en.pdf; UK Draft Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/draft-transport-levying-bodies-amendment-regulations-2018/pdf/ukdsiem_9780111167533_en.pdf ## Introductory text Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 143(4B) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament. Local Government, England Finance Made 2018 Coming into force 1st October 2018 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74(2), (3), (8) and (10) and 143(1) and (2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, makes the following Regulations. In accordance with section 143(4B) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. ## 1 Citation and commencement (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Transport Levying Bodies (Amendment) Regulations 2018. (2) These Regulations come into force on 1st October 2018. ## 2 Preliminary The Transport Levying Bodies Regulations 1992 are amended as follows. ## 3 Interpretation In regulation 2, for the definition of “combined authority”, substitute— ““combined authority” means a body which is specified in paragraph (aa), (ab), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af), (ag) or (ah) of regulation 3;”. ## 4 Application In regulation 3, after paragraph (ag) insert— “(ah) the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority established by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017,”. ## 5 Apportionment of levies (1) In regulation 7(4)— (a) in sub-paragraph (ac) after “in accordance with regulation 7C,” omit “and”; and (b) after sub-paragraph (ac) insert— “(ad) in the case of the levies to be issued by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, in accordance with regulation 7D, and”. (2) After regulation 7C insert the following regulation— “Calculation and apportionment of levies issued by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority 7D. (1) The amounts of the levies to be issued by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (“the Authority”) to Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council (“the upper-tier authorities”) for the financial year 2018 to 2019, or any subsequent financial year, shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. (2) The Authority shall apportion its estimated relevant expenditure for the financial year in question in such proportion as the upper-tier authorities agree. (3) In default of such agreement, the Authority shall apportion its estimated relevant expenditure for the financial year in question in the same proportion to the amount that each of the upper-tier authorities has spent on the transport functions mentioned in article 8 of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Order 2017 (“the 2017 Order”) in the financial year ending on 31st March 2018. (4) Where, as respects any financial year, the Authority estimates that the apportionment of its actual expenditure will differ from that estimated under paragraph (2) or (3), the Authority shall make appropriate adjustments to its estimates under paragraph (2) or (3) for the ensuing financial year. (5) Those adjustments shall be made with a view to ensuring that, so far as practicable and taking one year with another, the proportions in which relevant expenditure is met by the levies payable by the upper-tier authorities under article 6(1) of the 2017 Order, so far as these relate to transport functions listed within article 8 of that Order, reflect the actual expenditure of the Authority.”. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Name Minister of State Department for Transport Date ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations further amend the Transport Levying Bodies Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”) in consequence of the establishment of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. Regulation 4 amends regulation 3 of the 1992 Regulations so as to include, in the list of authorities to which those Regulations apply, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. Regulation 5 inserts new regulation 7D into the 1992 Regulations to make special provision for levies issued by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and also makes consequential amendments to regulation 7 of the 1992 Regulations. No impact assessment has been prepared as this instrument will have no impact on the costs of business and the voluntary sector. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111167533 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-transport-levying-bodies-amendment-regulations-2018 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.