Local Government Finance Act 1988

Regulations about payments on account E+W

[F1 28 (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—

(a) for a relevant authority to request the Secretary of State to make a calculation before the end of a year of—

(i) whether the Secretary of State is likely to be required to make a safety net payment under paragraph 27 to the authority for the year, and

(ii) if so, the amount of the payment;

(b) about the time at which and the manner in which a request must be made, and the information that must be provided in connection with the request;

(c) about the circumstances in which the Secretary of State may or must make a calculation in response to a request;

(d) about the making of the calculation, including for the Secretary of State to make the calculation by reference to estimates of any of the amounts mentioned in paragraph 25(3).

(2) The regulations may make provision—

(a) about the timing of a calculation in response to a request;

(b) about the notification of the results of the calculation to the relevant authority to whom it relates;

(c) for the making, as a result of the calculation, of a payment (a “payment on account”) to the authority before the end of the year to which the calculation relates.

(3) The regulations may, in particular—

(a) make provision in relation to a calculation that is similar to that made by paragraph 26, or apply that paragraph with modifications in relation to such a calculation;

(b) make provision in relation to a payment on account that is similar to that made by paragraph 27, or apply that paragraph with modifications in relation to such a payment.

(4) The regulations may make provision—

(a) about the calculation under paragraph 26 to be made in relation to a relevant authority for a year where a payment on account has been made to the authority for the year;

(b) for the making of a further payment by the Secretary of State to the authority, or of a payment by the authority to the Secretary of State, as a result of that calculation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7B inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1(6) of the amending Act) by Local Government Finance Act 2012 (c. 17), s. 1(4), Sch. 1