Use of amounts set aside under the Local Government and Housing Act 19897

In regulation 33 of the Principal Regulations (use of amounts set aside under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989)—

a

in paragraph (1)—

i

at the beginning, there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (4),”; and

ii

after “may treat”, there shall be inserted “the whole or part of”;

  • and

b

at the end, there shall be added—

4

Any decision to treat the whole or part of the amount specified in paragraph (2) as if it were a capital receipt, by virtue of paragraph (1), shall be made by the local authority before 1st October 2005.

5

Any amount treated as if it were a capital receipt, by virtue of paragraph (1), shall be treated as if it were received during the financial year beginning on 1st April 2004.