Regulation 6 Apportionment of expenses

(1)

The Authority shall secure that such of its expenses in respect of a district as are to be met by levies issued by it under these Regulations are borne by the local councils (if more than one) in proportion.

(2)

Proportions under paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be determined by reference to the relevant population, for the financial year in respect of which the levies are issued, of each local council’s area or (as the case may be) the part which falls within the district.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 7, the relevant population for a financial year is—

(a)

in relation to the area of the council of a metropolitan district or London Borough, or to the City of London, the relevant population of the area for the year, calculated by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4 of Schedule 12A to the 1988 Act^f1;

(b)

in relation to the area of an English county council, the aggregate of the relevant populations for the year, calculated by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4 of the said Schedule 12A, of the areas of the charging authorities comprised in the county;

(c)

in relation to the area of a Welsh county council, the aggregate of the relevant populations for the year, calculated by the charging authorities in accordance with the rules for the time being effective (as regards the year) under regulations made under paragraph 5(1) of the said Schedule 12A, of the areas of the charging authorities comprised in the county;

(d)

in relation to part of the area of the council of a metropolitan district or London Borough, or to part of the City of London, the relevant population of that part for the year, calculated in accordance with the rules for the time being effective (as regards the year) under regulations made under paragraph 6(2) of the said Schedule 12A;

(e)

in relation to part of the area of an English county council, the aggregate of the relevant populations for the year of the areas of the charging authorities and of the parts of charging authorities' areas comprised in that part of the county, calculated in the manner described in paragraph (b) above or (as the case may be) paragraph (d) above;

(f)

n relation to part of the area of a Welsh county council, the aggregate of the relevant populations for the year of the areas of the charging authorities and of the parts of charging authorities' areas comprised in that part of the county, calculated in accordance with the rules for the time being effective (as regards the year) under regulations made under paragraphs 5 and 6 of the said Schedule 12A.

(4)

Regulations referred to in paragraphs (c), (d) and (f) of the preceding paragraph shall have effect for the purposes of this regulation as they have effect for the purposes of section 69 of the 1988 Act^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Schedule 12A was inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Schedule 5, paragraph 74.
f2: Section 69 was amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, Schedule 5, paragraph 50.