# The Local Authorities (Companies) Order 1995, Article 15: Application of Part IV: increase in the basic credit approval


(1) Where in a financial year (in this article referred to as the “current year”) a regulated company reduces its liabilities within the meaning of article 16, Part IV shall apply subject to the modification that the relevant authority may treat a relevant credit approval as increased by the amount relating to that company of the excess referred to in article 16(4).
(2) In paragraph (1), the reference to a relevant credit approval is a reference to a basic credit approval issued or transferred to the authority and having effect for the financial year following the current year.
(3) A basic credit approval may be treated as increased under paragraph (1) notwithstanding that a determination has been made under section 56(1) with respect to the whole or any part of the amount of the approval, and, where the amount of a basic credit approval is nil, the amount of the increase shall be treated as the amount of the approval.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/849/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-companies-order-1995/article-15
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