OpenLegislation

Regulation 6 Information which may be disregarded in the calculation of notified amounts

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Regulation 7 applies as regards a billing authority for a financial year ( “the year”) in which—

(a)

a provisional amount has been arrived at, under paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Act, as regards the billing authority for the year; and

(b)

the prescribed conditions are fulfilled.

(2)

The prescribed conditions are—

(a)

that the billing authority has on a day in the year calculated an amount, under paragraph (3) below, which is less than the provisional amount for the billing authority for the year;

(b)

that the difference between the amount calculated under paragraph (3) below and the provisional amount for the billing authority is greater than the amount calculated under paragraph (4) below;

(c)

that the billing authority has notified the Secretary of State of the amount calculated under paragraph (3) below, and the day on which that amount was calculated; and

(d)

that the Secretary of State believes that the amount calculated by the billing authority under paragraph (3) below is likely to have been calculated in accordance with that paragraph and informs the billing authority of his belief.

(3)

The amount calculated under this paragraph is the total of the amounts calculated on the relevant day in accordance with Parts I and II of Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

(4)

The amount calculated under this paragraph is the amount, expressed in pounds, of the adult population figure for the area of the billing authority multiplied—

(a)

if the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) above is calculated before 1st October in the financial year, by a factor of 7.5, and

(b)

if the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) above is calculated on or after 1st October in the financial year, by a factor of 15.

(5)

In paragraph (4) above, the adult population figure for the area of a billing authority is the figure prescribed in relation to that area in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.