Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

Section 64.

SCHEDULE 11 Metropolitan Police District

PART I Interpretation

1 In this Schedule—

• " gross rateable value", in relation to the Metropolitan Police District, means the aggregate of the rateable values of the hereditaments in that District;

• " rateable values ", in relation to hereditaments in that District, means, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 below, rateable values ascribed to them in the valuation lists on a date to be specified in each year in the Rate Support Grant Report;

• " the Receiver " means the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;

• " Receiver's grant-related poundage " means a poundage determined by the Secretary of State and related—

  (a)

  to a given ratio between the Receiver's total expenditure and the Receiver's grant-related expenditure ; or

  (b)

  to a given difference between his total expenditure divided by the population of the Metropolitan Police District and his grant-related expenditure so divided;

• " Receiver's total expenditure " means that part of the Receiver's expenditure for a year which falls to be defrayed out of the Metropolitan Police Fund and which is not met by any such grant as is mentioned in section 54(7)(a) or (b) above but reduced by the amount of any payments of such descriptions as the Secretary of State may specify which fall to be paid for that year into the Metropolitan Police Fund ;

• " Receiver's grant-related expenditure" means a sum determined by the Secretary of State as being the aggregate for the year of the Receiver's notional expenditure having regard to his functions ;

• " relevant authority " means—

  (a)

  the council of a London borough ; or

  (b)

  the council of a district whose area is wholly or partly within the Metropolitan Police District; and

• " relevant portion " means the portion of the Receiver's total expenditure for a year which bears to that total the ratio which the gross rateable value of the area of a relevant authority, or the part of that area within the Metropolitan Police District bears to the gross rateable value of that District.

2 The reference to hereditaments in the definition of "rateable values" in paragraph 1 above includes a reference to a notional hereditament which a body is treated as occupying by virtue of any enactment.

3 A Rate Support Grant Report may provide that for the year to which it relates the rateable values of hereditaments in the Metropolitan Police District falling within any class of hereditaments shall be ascertained for the purposes of mis Schedule otherwise than by reference to the values ascribed to them in the valuation lists.

PART II Special Provisions Relating to Block Grant

Calculation of block grant

4 Paragraph 5 below shall have effect in relation to the calculation of the amount of block grant payable to a relevant authority instead of section 56(6) above.

5 (1) The amount of block grant payable to a relevant authority is the aggregate of the two amounts specified in subparagraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) The first amount is an amount calculated by deducting from the relevant portion of the Receiver's total expenditure for the year the product arrived at by multiplying the Receiver's grant-related poundage by the gross rateable value of the authority's area, or, if their area is not wholly within the Metropolitan Police District, by the gross rateable value of that part of their area which is within that District.

(3) The second amount is an amount calculated by deducting from the total expenditure to be incurred by a relevant authority during the year—

(a) the relevant portion of the Receiver's total expenditure for the year; and

(b) the product arrived at by multiplying the authority's grant-related poundage by the gross rateable value of their area.

Special meaning of "grant-related poundage "

6 For the purposes of this Part of this Act, section 56(8) above shall have effect, in relation to a relevant authority, as if in the definition of grant-related poundage " the references to total expenditure were references to total expenditure after deducting the relevant portion of the Receiver's total expenditure for the year.

Adjustments of distribution of block grant to relevant authorities

7 The distribution of block grant to relevant authorities shall be adjusted in accordance with paragraph 8 below instead of section 59 above.

8 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary of State may provide in a Rate Support Grant Report that the amount to be deducted unde* paragraph 5(2) or (3) above in respect of block grant payable to a relevant authority for a year shall not be the relevant product but that product multiplied by a multiplier determined by the Secretary of State.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above " the relevant product" means the product mentioned in paragraph 5(2) or (3) above, as the case may be.

(3) Except as provided by sub-paragraph (4) below, the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) above may only be exercised in relation to either of the relevant products for the purpose of increasing the amount of block grant payable to a relevant authority.

(4) The power may be exercised for the purpose of decreasing the amount of block grant payable to a relevant authority if the Secretary of State is satisfied that there will be an unreasonable increase, unless he exercises it, in the amount of block grant payable to the authority for a year compared with the amount payable to them for the previous year.

(5) The power may only be exercised in relation to the product mentioned in paragraph 5(2) above so as to determine one multiplier and to determine it in accordance with principles to be applied to all relevant authorities.

(6) The power may be exercised in relation to the product mentioned in paragraph 5(3) above so as to determine different multipliers for different relevant authorities.

(7) The power may only be exercised in relation to that product—

(a) for any such purpose as is specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 59(6) above ; and

(b) in accordance with sub-paragraphs (8) to (11) below.

(8) The power may be exercised in accordance with any principles to be applied under section 59(5)(a)(i) above to all local authorities.

(9) In relation to relevant authorities who are the councils of non-metropolitan districts the power may be exercised in accordance with any principles to be applied under section 59(5)(a)(ii) above to all councils of non-metropolitan districts.

(10) In relation to relevant authorities who are councils of inner London boroughs the power may be exercised in accordance with principles to be applied to all such councils.

(11) In relation to relevant authorities who are outer London boroughs the power may be exercised in accordance with principles to be applied to all such councils.

(12) If the Secretary of State exercises the power in relation to either of the products, the principles on which he exercises it shall be specified in the Rate Support Grant Report.

(13) In its application to block grant payable to a relevant authority for the commencing year sub-paragraph (4) above shall have effect as if there were substituted for the reference to the amount of block grant payable to the authority for the previous year a reference to an amount determined by the Secretary of State.

Supplementary reports

9 In the application of section 61 above to the Receiver's grant-related poundage and the Receiver's grant-related expenditure subsection (5) shall be omitted.

Adjustment of block grant total

10 Section 62(3) above shall have effect in relation to relevant authorities as if for the purpose of making a fresh calculation of the entitlement of each relevant authority to block grant it authorised the Secretary of State to substitute the total of the Receiver's expenditure actually defrayed out of the Metropolitan Police Fund for the figure calculated under paragraph 1 above as the part of the Receiver's expenditure which falls to be defrayed out of that Fund.