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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/schedule-11/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/14",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Finance Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In estimating the expenditure mentioned in paragraph 1 above which they will incur in respect of any financial year a local authority shall take into account—\n(a) such additional sum as is in their opinion required—\n(i) to cover expenses previously incurred;\n(ii) to meet contingencies; and\n(iii) to meet any expenses which may fall to be met before the money to be received from the sources mentioned in paragraph 1 above in respect of the next following financial year will become available; and\n(b) any means by which any part of that expenditure may otherwise be met or provided for.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/schedule/11/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:10.132114+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."
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