# Local Government Finance Act 1988, Paragraph 9A

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the Welsh Ministers make two local government finance reports for a particular financial year—
(a) paragraph 9(4) above does not apply ... as respects that year, and
(b) the Welsh Ministers shall decide whether—
(i) distribution among all receiving authorities of the amount arrived at under paragraph 9 above for the year is to be dealt with in just one of those reports (the chosen report), or
(ii) each of those reports is to deal with the distribution of so much of that amount as is for the receiving authorities to which that report relates.
(2) If the Welsh Ministers decide as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) above—
(a) the Welsh Ministers shall specify that amount (the distributable amount for the year) in the chosen report, and
(b) the chosen report is the local government finance report for that year to which the requirement under paragraph 10(1) below applies.
(3) If the Welsh Ministers decide as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) above—
(a) paragraphs 10 and 11 below do not apply ... as respects the year (but see paragraphs 11A to 11C below),
(b) the power under paragraph 13 below may (in particular) be exercised by making a single amending report relating to both of the local government finance reports for the year, and
(c) paragraph 14 below does not apply in relation to any report amending either of those reports (but see paragraph 14A below).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/41/schedule/8/paragraph/9A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1988/schedule-8/paragraph-9A
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