Regulation 4 Levies: successor and acquiring authorities
Subject to paragraph (2) and to regulation 5, in the definition of “council concerned” in regulation 2 of the 1992 Regulations the reference to a council shall, during the preliminary period and on or after the reorganisation date—
where the council is an abolished authority, have effect as if it were a reference to the successor authority or, if more than one, to all such authorities; and
where the council is a relinquishing authority, have effect as if it were a reference to that council and the acquiring authority or, if more than one, all such authorities.
Subject to regulation 5, in the definition of “council concerned” in regulation 2 of the 1992 Regulations where a levy or any portion of it relates only to part of a council’s area (in this paragraph referred to as the “levied area”), the reference to a council shall, during the preliminary period and on or after the reorganisation date—
where the council is an abolished authority, have effect as if it were a reference to each successor authority in relation to all or part of the levied area; and
where the council is a relinquishing authority, have effect as if it were a reference to that authority, where all or any part of the levied area remains within its area on or after the reorganisation date, and to each acquiring authority in relation to all or any part of the levied area.