The Levying Bodies (General) Regulations 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations confer a general power on bodies to issue levies to local authorities for the purpose of meeting their expenses in respect of financial years beginning in or after 1993 where, but for section 117 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, they would have a statutory power to require the authorities to pay those expenses.

The Regulations include provisions as to when levies are to be issued (regulation 4), the maximum amount of certain levies (regulation 5), the apportionment of levies between authorities (regulation 6) and the supply of information to a levying body making an apportionment by reference to the council tax base (regulation 7). The Regulations also make provision as to the issue of substituted levies (regulation 8), and the payment of levies (regulation 9) and interest thereon (regulation 10). Regulation 11 provides for a local authority to anticipate a levy which may be issued to it.

Regulation 12 provides for the continuance of existing arrangements whereby certain metropolitan district councils may recover their expenses in connection with debt administration arising from the abolition of metropolitan county councils.

Regulation 13 revokes the Levying Bodies (General) Regulations 1990 and the Levying Bodies (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 subject to a savings provision.