Citation, commencement and application

1. —(1) These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) (England) Regulations 2009, and

(b) come into force on 10th February 2009.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to authorities in England only( 3 ).

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2009.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992; and

“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Budget requirement (billing authorities) – calculation

3. Section 32 of the 1992 Act has effect as if—

(a) in subsection (3)(a)( 4 ), the words “or relevant special grant” were omitted;

(b) for subsection (12)( 5 ) there were substituted the following subsection—

“ (12) In this section and section 33 below “police grant” means the grant payable in accordance with column (a) of paragraph 3.1 of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2009/10 approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 46 of the Police Act 1996 ( 6 ) on 4th February 2009. ” ; and

(c) after subsection (12) there were inserted the following subsection—

“ (12A) In this section and section 33 below—

(a) references to sums payable for the financial year in respect of redistributed non-domestic rates are references to sums so payable in accordance with the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2009/2010 approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 79(2) of, and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ( 7 ) on 4th February 2009 2009, and

(b) references to sums payable for the financial year in respect of revenue support grant are references to sums so payable in accordance with that report. ” .

Basic amount of council tax (billing authorities) - calculation

4. Section 33(1) of the 1992 Act( 8 ) has effect as if the words “or relevant special grant” in item P were omitted.

Budget requirement (major precepting authorities other than the Greater London Authority) - calculation

5. Section 43 of the 1992 Act has effect as if—

(a) in subsection (3)(a)(i)( 9 ), the words “, relevant special grant” were omitted; and

(b) for subsection (6A)( 10 ) there were substituted the following subsection —

“ (6A) In this section and section 44 below—

(a) “police grant” has the meaning given by section 32(12) above, and

(b) references to sums payable for the financial year in respect of redistributed non-domestic rates or revenue support grant are to be construed in accordance with section 32(12A) above. ” .

Basic amount of council tax (major precepting authorities other than the Greater London Authority) - calculation

6. Section 44(1) of the 1992 Act( 11 ) has effect as if the words “, relevant special grant” in item P were omitted.

Budget requirement (Greater London Authority) - calculation

7. Section 85 of the 1999 Act has effect as if—

(a) in subsection (5)(a)(i)( 12 ), the words “relevant special grant,” were omitted; and

(b) after subsection (9)( 13 ) there were added the following subsection—

“ (9A) In subsection (5)(a)—

(a) the reference to sums payable for the financial year in respect of redistributed non-domestic rates is a reference to sums so payable in accordance with the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2009/2010 approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 79(2) of, and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988 on 4th February 2009, and

(b) the reference to sums payable for the financial year in respect of revenue support grant is a reference to sums so payable in accordance with that report. ” .

Basic amount of council tax (Greater London Authority) - calculation

8. Section 88 of the 1999 Act has effect as if —

(a) in subsection (2)( 14 ), in the definition of P1, paragraph (e) and the word “and” preceding it were omitted; and

(b) in subsection (4)( 15 ), paragraph (d) and the word “and” preceding it were omitted.

Additional calculation: special item for part of Greater London

9. Section 89 of the 1999 Act has effect as if —

(a) in subsection (4)( 16 ), in the definition of P2, paragraph (f) and the word “and” preceding it were omitted; and

(b) in subsection (6)( 17 ), paragraph (e) and the word “and” preceding it were omitted.

Interpretation of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the 1999 Act

10. Section 99 of the 1999 Act( 18 ) has effect as if the definition of “relevant special grant” were omitted.

Distribution of grants by the Greater London Authority

11. Section 102 of the 1999 Act has effect as if —

(a) in subsection (2)( 19 ), paragraph (c) were omitted; and

(b) for subsection (8)( 20 ) there were substituted the following subsection—

“ (8) In this section—

(a) the reference to sums received for the financial year in respect of redistributed non-domestic rates is a reference to sums so received in consequence of the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2009/2010 approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 79(2) of, and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1988 on 4th February 2009, and

(b) the reference to sums received for the financial year in respect of revenue support grant is a reference to sums so received in consequence of that report. ” .