Regulation 2 Interpretation etc.

In these Regulations —

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

• “applicable relief”, in relation to a community area, means the amount (if any) prescribed in relation to that area in Schedule 1;

• “community” means a community within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1972^f1;

• “community area” means an area which is co-extensive with the area, as at1st January 1990, of a community, and a community area identified by a name means the area which is co-extensive with the area of the community of that name at that date;

• “prescribed year” means the chargeable financial year prescribed in regulation 3;

• “set charge” means the amount set by the relevant charging authority as its personal community charge for its area for the prescribed year under Part II of the Act or any substitute amount so set or, where the authority has set different amounts for different areas, the amount applicable in the case of the chargepayer concerned, apart from these Regulations.

References in these Regulations to the amount a person is liable to pay in respect of a personal community charge shall be construed as references to that amount before any reduction is made to that amount in respect of his entitlement to community charge benefit under the Social Security Act 1986^f2.

These Regulations apply whether the liability of a person to pay an amount to a charging authority in respect of a personal community charge arises under section 12 of the Act or that section read with section 13 of the Act.