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Local Government Finance Act 1988, Paragraph 43 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 28 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Calculations and supply of information by relevant authoritiesE+W

[F143(1)The Secretary of State may, for the purposes of any provision of or made under this Schedule or Part 6 (funds) so far as applying to non-domestic rates, direct a relevant authority to make calculations, or to supply information to the Secretary of State, in accordance with the direction.

(2)The direction may require the calculations to be made, or the information to be supplied, before such time as is specified in the direction.

(3)The direction may require the calculations or information to be certified in accordance with the direction.

(4)If a relevant authority does not comply with a direction under this paragraph, the Secretary of State may make the calculations that the Secretary of State thinks would have been made, or make assumptions as to the information that would have been supplied, by the authority if it had complied with the direction.

(5)If the Secretary of State proceeds under sub-paragraph (4), the Secretary of State must notify the authority—

(a)of that fact, and

(b)of the calculations or assumptions that the Secretary of State has made.

(6)If any calculation or information certified in accordance with a direction under this paragraph does not match that made or supplied by the authority in question, the Secretary of State may use the certified calculation or information.

(7)If the Secretary of State proceeds under sub-paragraph (6), the Secretary of State must notify the authority of that fact.

(8)For the purposes of any provision made by or under Part 5 or 7 of this Schedule that applies to pools of authorities, this paragraph has effect as if references to a relevant authority included a reference to such a pool.

(9)Where sub-paragraph (5) or (7) applies to a pool of authorities by virtue of sub-paragraph (8), the Secretary of State must notify each relevant authority in the pool of the matters in question.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 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

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