Part III Financial Provisions

Chapter I Council Tax

Budget requirements

I1C1C2C3C4C5C6C785 Calculation of component and consolidated F20council tax requirements.

1

Section F1442A of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1992 shall not apply in relation to the Authority, and the following provisions of this section and section 86 below shall have effect in relation to the Authority in place of that section.

2

In relation to each financial year, the Authority shall make the calculations required by this section.

3

The Authority must, in the case of each constituent body, that is to say—

a

F10the Assembly,

aa

the Mayor, and

b

each of the functional bodies,

calculate the aggregates required by virtue of subsections (4) and (5) below.

F13A

In subsection (3) above—

a

the reference to the Assembly is a reference to the Authority as respects the Assembly's functions (see subsection (14)),

b

the reference to the Mayor is a reference to the Authority except as respects the Assembly's functions,

and other references in this Chapter to the Mayor or the Assembly, in their capacity as constituent bodies for the purposes of the budgetary provisions, or to their functions (in that capacity), are to be construed accordingly.

4

The aggregate required by virtue of this subsection in the case of a constituent body is the aggregate of—

a

the expenditure the Authority estimates F2will be incurred by the body in the year in performing its functions and F3will be charged to a revenue account for the year F13in accordance with proper practicesF4(but, in the case of the Mayor or the Assembly, see also subsections (10) to (13));

b

such allowance as the Authority estimates will be appropriate for contingencies in relation to F15amounts to be charged or credited to a revenue account for the year F16in accordance with proper practices;

c

the financial reserves which the Authority estimates it will be F5appropriate to be raised by or in respect of the body in the year for meeting the body’s estimated future expenditure; and

d

such of F6the financial reserves of, or in respect of, the body as are sufficient to meet so much of the amount estimated by the Authority to be a F7revenue account deficit of or in respect of the body for any earlier financial year as has not already been provided for.

5

The aggregate required by virtue of this subsection in the case of a constituent body is the aggregate of—

F11a

the income which the Authority estimates will accrue to or for the body in the year and which will be credited to a revenue account for the year in accordance with proper practices, other than income which the Authority estimates will accrue in respect of any precept issued by it;

b

the amount of the body’s financial reserves which the Authority estimates F8will be used by or in respect of the body in order to provide for the items mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (4) above.

6

If, in the case of any constituent body, the aggregate calculated under subsection (4) above exceeds that calculated under subsection (5) above—

a

the Authority must calculate the amount equal to the difference; and

b

the amount so calculated shall be the body’s component F17council tax requirement for the year.

7

If, in the case of any constituent body, the aggregate calculated under subsection (4) above does not exceed that calculated under subsection (5) above, the body’s component F18council tax requirement for the year shall be nil.

8

The Authority must also calculate the aggregate of the component F19council tax requirements of each of the constituent bodies and that aggregate shall be the Authority’s consolidated F19council tax requirement for the year.

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Subsections (11) to (13) below have effect for the purposes of the budgetary provisions in their application in relation to the Mayor and the Assembly in their capacity as constituent bodies.

11

The expenditure that is to be regarded for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) above as incurred by the Assembly in the performance of its functions includes any expenditure by the Authority in the performance of its functions which is incurred in respect of any of the following—

a

the Assembly members,

b

the Assembly secretariat (see subsection (14)),

c

goods or services procured solely for the purposes of the Assembly,

d

the London Transport Users' Committee (see section 247 and Schedule 18),

but does not include any expenditure falling within subsection (12) below.

12

That expenditure is expenditure by the Authority in respect of any of the following—

a

accommodation provided or procured in whole or in part for the conduct of the business of the Assembly or Assembly members,

b

goods or services provided or procured for the Authority in general.

13

The expenditure that is to be regarded for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) above as incurred by the Mayor in the performance of his functions is any expenditure—

a

which is incurred by the Authority in the performance of its functions, and

b

which does not fall to be regarded for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) above as incurred by the Assembly in the performance of its functions.

14

In this section—

  • “the Assembly secretariat” means employees of the Authority who normally work as support staff for the Assembly or Assembly members;

  • “the Assembly's functions” means—

    1. a

      such of the functions of the Authority as are exercisable only by the Assembly acting on behalf of the Authority, and

    2. b

      the Assembly's function of acting jointly with the Mayor in the case of those functions of the Authority which are exercisable only by the Mayor and the Assembly acting jointly on behalf of the Authority;

  • “the budgetary provisions” means sections 85 to 87 of, and Schedule 6 to, this Act.

15

All such apportionments as may be necessary for the purpose of calculating the aggregates required by subsections (4) and (5) above in the case of the Mayor and the Assembly are to be made on a just and reasonable basis.