# The Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure) (Relevant Population) Regulations 1993, Regulation 2: Determination of relevant population


For the purposes of section 137(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/40/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-discretionary-expenditure-relevant-population-regulations-1993/regulation-2
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