Regulation 7 Payment of levies

(1)

A relevant authority to which a levy is issued under these Regulations in respect of a financial year shall pay the amount of the levy to the National Park authority in that financial year—

(a)

at such times and in such instalments (if any) as may be agreed between the National Park authority and the relevant authority; or

(b)

in default of such agreement—

(i)

by four equal instalments payable on the first working day in May, July, October and January in that financial year (“the payment dates”), or

(ii)

if the levy is issued after 30th April in that financial year, by equal instalments payable on as many of the payment dates as remain after 30 days after the date of issue of the levy or, if only one payment date so remains, by a single payment on that payment date or, if no payment date so remains, by a single payment payable 30 days after the date of issue.

(2)

References in this regulation to payment of a levy are references to payment of a levy after the deduction of any amount credited against the liability of the relevant authority in respect of that levy in accordance with regulation 6(6)(b).

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation—

“working day” means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or bank holiday in England; and
“bank holiday” means a day which is, or is to be observed as, a bank holiday or a holiday, under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f1 in England and Wales.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1971 c. 80.