The Local Authority (Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases) Regulations 2012

Expenses incurred by a billing authority

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

6.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a financial year if—

(a)by the date prescribed by regulation 5 a local precepting authority has notified its appropriate billing authority under section 52ZM of the Act in relation to that year, and

(b)the billing authority fails to hold a referendum in relation to the local precepting authority’s relevant basic amount of council tax for that year in accordance with section 52ZN (arrangements for a referendum) of the Act.

(2) Sections 31(4A)(1) and 52ZN(7) of the Act do not apply in relation to the billing authority mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).

(1)

Section 31(4A) was inserted into the Local Government Finance Act 1992 by paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 6 to the Localism Act 2011.