# The Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1989, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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 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.
(2) 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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2435/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-contributions-england-regulations-1989/regulation-2
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