{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-finance-regulations-2008/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-finance-regulations-2008/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3022",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-finance-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exercise of functions",
  "text": "In relation to a reorganised area—\n(a) during the relevant period—\n(i) Part 3 (non-domestic rating) of the 1988 Act, and\n(ii) Part 1 (council tax: England and Wales) of the 1992 Act,\nshall apply in relation to the first year as if the relevant authority were the billing authority for the reorganised area; and\n(b) on and after the reorganisation date those Parts shall apply in relation to any financial year before the first year as if the single-tier council were the billing authority for that area.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 24.12.2008, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/3022",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/1296",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3022/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:21:36.515171+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."
}