{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/section-52D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/section-52D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/14",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Finance Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992",
  "path": "section/52D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52D",
  "heading": "Designation or nomination.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if in the Welsh Ministers' opinion (reached after applying section 52B above) the amount calculated by an authority as its budget requirement for the year under consideration is excessive.\n(2) In such a case they may—\n(a) designate the authority as regards the year under consideration, or\n(b) nominate the authority.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers may proceed under different paragraphs of subsection (2) above in relation to different authorities.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Chapter 4A (ss. 52A-52Z) inserted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 30(2) of the amending Act.) by 1999 c. 27, s. 30(1), Sch. 1 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 52D(1) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 7(2); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 52D(2) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 7(3); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 52D(3) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 7(4); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/section/52D",
    "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."
}