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Budget requirement (billing authorities)—calculation

2.  Section 32 of the 1992 Act shall be read as if–

(a)in paragraph (e) of subsection (2)(1), for the words from “ pursuant to a direction under that subsection” to the end of that paragraph there were substituted the following–

either–

(i)pursuant to a direction under that subsection relating to the difference between amounts in respect of community charges credited and charged to a revenue account for any earlier financial year, or

(ii)pursuant to the direction under that subsection which is contained in the Collection Fund (Council Tax Benefit) (England) Directions 2000 made by the Secretary of State on 2nd February 2000(2).;

(b)for subsection (12)(3) there were substituted the following subsection–

(12) In this section and section 33 below–

“police grant” means so much of the grant payable in accordance with paragraph 3.1 of the relevant police grant report as excludes the amounts shown in column (b) of the Table set out below that paragraph;

“relevant special grant” means any of the following grants, that is to say–

(i)

the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 7 of the special grant report for England (Special Grant Report (No. 52)) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act(4) on 3rd February 2000; and

(ii)

the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 8 of that special grant report; and

(iii)

the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 9 of that special grant report; and in this subsection “the relevant police grant report” means the police grant report (The Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2000/01) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 46 of the Police Act 1996(5) on 3rd February 2000..

(1)

Paragraph (e) of section 32(2) was substituted by regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations and Funds) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/246). Paragraph (e) of section 32(2) is modified in relation to the financial year 1999/2000 by regulation 2(a) of the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/228).

(2)

Direction CT98(5)/20.

(3)

Subsection (12) was substituted by the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations and Funds) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/234), which also made relevant amendments to sections 32(3) and 33(1) (references to “ police grant” and “relevant special grant”). Section 32(12) is substituted in relation to the financial year 1999/2000 by regulation 2(b) of S.I. 1999/228. See also section 43(6A), substituted by S.I. 1995/234.

(4)

1988 c. 41; section 88B was substituted by paragraph 18 of Schedule 10 to the 1992 Act.