Regulation 2 Determination of relevant population
For the purposes of section 137(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972f1, the relevant population in relation to a financial year (“the relevant year”) of the area of a local authority mentioned or described in the first column of the following Table shall be the figure specified in or determined in relation to such an authority under the second column.
TABLE
| The council of a county, district or London borough, and the Council of the Isles of Scilly | The number equal to the resident population of the council’s area in the financial year beginning two years before the relevant year, as estimated by the Registrar General before the beginning of the relevant year. |
| The Common Council | 150,000 |
| A parish or community council | The number of local government electors for the area of the authority on the first day of the relevant year. |
Annotations
Footnotes
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Section 137(4) is amended by section 36(6) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.