2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;
“charging authority” means an English charging authority;
“preceding year” means a chargeable financial year preceding the year for which a calculation of a non-domestic rating contribution or a recalculation of a provisional amount is being made;
“provisional amount” means, except in regulation 5(1)(a), the provisional amount arrived at under paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Act(1) as regards a charging authority for a financial year, or the amount for the time being treated as that amount in accordance with regulation 6 of these Regulations;
“relevant day” means a day in the chargeable financial year for which a calculation of a non-domestic rating contribution or a recalculation of a provisional amount is being made.
(2) In Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations, a reference to the chargeable amounts payable to a charging authority under sections 43 and 45 of the Act(2) shall in relation to a special authority be taken to be a reference to the chargeable amounts which would be payable to the authority under those sections if the authority’s non-domestic rating multiplier were equal to the required minimum for the chargeable financial year in respect of which the chargeable amounts are payable.
Paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 was amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 5, paragraph 42.
Section 45 was amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 5, paragraph 23.