Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “abolished authority” means a local authority which is wound up and dissolved by a section 17 order;

• “acquiring authority”, in relation to a relinquishing authority, means an authority which, by virtue of a section 17 order, has from the reorganisation date all the functions (or would have all the functions but for an order under sections 21 or 22 of the Act) in relation to an area which prior to that date were the functions of the relinquishing authority in relation to that area;

• “the Act” means the Local Government Act 1992;

• “1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988^f1;

• “immediately preceding year” means the financial year ending immediately before a reorganisation date;

• “initial year” means the financial year beginning on the reorganisation date;

• “preliminary period” means the period specified in a section 17 order or, where no such period is specified, the period commencing on the preliminary date, as specified in a section 17 order, and terminating immediately prior to the reorganisation date;

• “the principal Regulations” means the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) Regulations 1994^f2;

• “the 1992 Regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992^f3;

• “relinquishing authority” means a local authority which, by virtue of a section 17 order, ceases to have functions in relation to a part of its area from the reorganisation date;

• “the reorganisation date” means the date which is specified in a section 17 order;

• “section 17 order” in relation to an authority means an order under section 17 of the Act affecting that authority; and

• “successor authority”, in relation to an abolished authority, means a local authority which is to have from the reorganisation date all the functions (or would have all the functions but for an order under sections 21 or 22 of the Act) in relation to an area which, before that date, were the functions of the abolished authority in relation to that area.