{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-payments-english-authorities-regulations-1990/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-payments-english-authorities-regulations-1990/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Finance (Payments) (English Authorities) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-finance-payments-english-authorities-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply in any case where–\n(a) the Secretary of State is liable to pay to a charging authority at any time an amount or amounts under one or more of the first relevant provisions, and\n(b) a precepting authority which has power to issue a precept to that charging authority is liable to pay to him at the same time an amount under the second relevant provision.\n(2) If the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) above exceeds the charging authority’s relevant amount, the Secretary of State may set off an amount equal to that amount in paying that total.\n(3) If the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) above is equal to or less than the charging authority’s relevant amount, no payment need be made in respect of that total.\n(4) Where the Secretary of State sets off or refrains from paying an amount under paragraph (2) or (3) above,–\n(a) the Secretary of State’s liability to the charging authority shall be treated as discharged to the extent of an amount equal to that amount,\n(b) what the precepting authority is liable to pay to the Secretary of State shall be treated as reduced by an amount equal to that amount, and\n(c) an amount equal to that amount shall be due from the precepting authority to the charging authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/493/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:25:19.941477+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."
}