# The London Government Reorganisation (Pensions etc.) Order 1989, Article 4: Power to levy


(1) The Authority may in respect of any financial year beginning on or after1st April 1990 make one or more levies in order to meet its net expenditure.
(2) Any levy shall be made on one of the following classes of authorities—
(i) all London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London; or
(ii) inner London borough councils and the Common Council; or
(iii) outer London borough councils.
(3) The amount to be paid by each of the authorities of any class on which a levy is made shall be proportionate to its relevant population as calculated in accordance with section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
(4) A levy shall be made by serving on each authority of the relevant class a written demand stating the date or dates on or before which a payment in respect of the levy is required to be made and the amount of that payment.
(5) A demand must be served on, or information as to the amount to be demanded must be given to each authority of a class on which a levy is made before 14th February in the financial year preceding that to which the levy relates.
(6) In this article “net expenditure” means all expenditure and costs incurred by the Authority less receipts (if any), but excluding any expenditure or costs payable out of, or receipts which fall to be credited to, the superannuation fund maintained by the Authority under the 1986 Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1815/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-government-reorganisation-pensions-etc-order-1989/article-4
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