Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

• “charging authority” means an English charging authority;

• “preceding year” means a chargeable financial year preceding the year for which a calculation of a non-domestic rating contribution or a recalculation of a provisional amount is being made;

• “provisional amount” means, except in regulation 5(1)(a), the provisional amount arrived at under paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Act^f1 as regards a charging authority for a financial year, or the amount for the time being treated as that amount in accordance with regulation 6 of these Regulations;

• “relevant day” means a day in the chargeable financial year for which a calculation of a non-domestic rating contribution or a recalculation of a provisional amount is being made.

In Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations, a reference to the chargeable amounts payable to a charging authority under sections 43 and 45 of the Act^f2 shall in relation to a special authority be taken to be a reference to the chargeable amounts which would be payable to the authority under those sections if the authority’s non-domestic rating multiplier were equal to the required minimum for the chargeable financial year in respect of which the chargeable amounts are payable.