# The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997, Regulation 37: Leases under private finance transactions—leases not falling with regulation 28

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Where, in relation to a lease of land, the authority become the lessees under the provisions of a private finance transaction, and the initial cost of that transaction falls to be determined under regulation 41, the initial cost (if it is not nil by virtue of any other provision of this Part) shall be lesser of—
(a) 70 per cent. of the amount which, apart from this regulation, would be the initial cost of the lease; and
(b) the amount which, apart from this regulation, would be the initial cost of the lease minus the relevant deduction.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the relevant deduction is the amount, if any, by which amount A exceeds amount B where—
“amount A” means the amount of the relevant deduction determined under regulation 41(5) for the private finance transaction in question; and
“amount B” means the amount which, apart from regulation 41, would be the initial cost of that transaction.
(3) Where, in relation to a lease of land, the authority become the lessees under the provisions of a private finance transaction, and the initial cost of that transaction falls to be determined under regulation 42, the initial cost (if it is not nil by virtue of any other provision of this Part) shall be 70 per cent. of the amount which, apart from this regulation, would be the initial cost of the lease.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/319/regulation/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-capital-finance-regulations-1997/regulation-37
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