# Local Government Finance Act 1988, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State shall make a report containing rules for calculating the relevant population of the area of each relevant authority.
(2) Before making the report the Secretary of State shall notify to such representatives of local government as appear to him to be appropriate the general nature of its intended contents.
(3) The report shall be laid before the House of Commons.
(4) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the report is laid before the House of Commons the Secretary of State shall send a copy of it to each notifiable authority.
(5) After making the report the Secretary of State may make a further report or reports, and any such report—
(a) may replace any previous report under this paragraph, or
(b) may amend any previous report under this paragraph.
(6) A report under sub-paragraph (5)(a) above shall contain revised rules for calculating the relevant population of the area of each relevant authority.
(7) A report under sub-paragraph (5)(b) above shall contain amendments to the rules contained in the report which it amends.
(8) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above shall apply to any report under sub-paragraph (5) above as they apply to one under sub-paragraph (1) above.
(9) A report under this paragraph shall state the day on which it is to come into force and the first financial year for which it is to operate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/41/schedule/12A/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1988/schedule-12A/paragraph-2
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