{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/section-52ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992/section-52ZA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/14",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Finance Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-act-1992",
  "path": "section/52ZA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52ZA",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n(a) a reference to a billing authority is to a billing authority in England,\n(b) a reference to a major precepting authority is to a major precepting authority in England, and\n(c) a reference to a local precepting authority is to a local precepting authority in England.\n(2) In this Chapter—\n(a) a reference to an authority is to an authority of a kind mentioned in subsection (1) above;\n(b) a reference to a precepting authority is to an authority of a kind mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c) above.\n(3) Section 52ZX below defines references in this Chapter to an authority's relevant basic amount of council tax.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. 4ZA inserted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 72(1), 240(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(g) (with art. 3(1)(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/14/section/52ZA",
    "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."
}