Paragraph 4

any reference to accounts being made up and balanced is a reference to the requirement for accounts to be made up and balanced in accordance with regulation 6 of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 1983^f1;

any reference (however framed) to a billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account is a reference to a revenue account to which, in accordance with proper practices, are credited or charged, as the case may be, amounts in respect of the authority’s income and expenditure relating to sums paid or to be paid into or payments met or to be met from the authority’s collection fund;

any references to a billing authority’s estimate in paragraph 1(3) and (4) and paragraph 2(3) and (4) are references to an estimate made by that authority immediately before the date on which that authority is required to estimate whether there is a surplus or deficit in its collection fund under regulation 10.