{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-finance-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1994/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-finance-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1994/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3223",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England (Finance, Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-finance-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Levies: billing authorities and county councils",
  "text": "In the definition of “relevant authority” in regulation 1(2) of the Levying Bodies Regulations (interpretation)—\n(a) the reference to a “billing authority” shall, during the preliminary period, include an authority which has the functions of a billing authority under Chapters I, III and IV of Part I of the 1992 Act as regards the initial year by virtue of regulation 49(1) of the principal Regulations; and\n(b) the reference to a county council shall have effect in the case of a county council in England as if it were a reference to a county council which does not have the functions of district councils.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3223/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:20:10.346667+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}