# The National Park Authorities (Levies) (England) Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Maximum amount of levies


(1) A National Park authority shall not raise by way of levies issued to any relevant authorities in respect of any financial year an amount in excess of the maximum amount.
(2) In this regulation—
“maximum amount” means the amount calculated by applying the formula (A×⅓) where—
(a) “A” is the amount of grants that the Secretary of State has proposed to make to that National Park authority under section 72 of the 1995 Act (National Park grant) in respect of the financial year to which the levy relates in determinations made before the issue of the levy; or
(b) in the case where no such determinations have been made before 15th January in the financial year preceding the financial year in relation to which the levy is to be issued—
(i) for the purposes of a levy issued in respect of the financial year beginning in 1997, “A” shall be taken to be the aggregate amount of supplementary grants determined before the said 15th January under section 7 of the Local Government Act 1974 (National Park Supplementary Grant) in respect of the National Park for the financial year beginning in 1996, increased or decreased in proportion to the difference between the retail prices index for September 1996 and the retail prices index for September 1995; and
(ii) for the purposes of a levy issued in respect of any subsequent financial year, “A” shall be taken to be the aggregate amount of grants determined before the said 15th January under section 72 of the 1995 Act (National Park grant) in respect of the National Park for the financial year preceding the financial year in relation to which the levy is to be issued, increased or decreased in proportion to the difference between the retail prices index for September of the financial year preceding that in respect of which the levy is to be issued and the retail prices index for the preceding September; and
“retail prices index” means the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the Office for National Statistics or, if that index is not published for any month, any substituted index or index figures published by that Office.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2794/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-park-authorities-levies-england-regulations-1996/regulation-5
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