Amendments to the Local Government Finance Act 19922.

(1)

The Local Government Finance Act 1992 2 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 31A3 (calculation of council tax requirement by authorities in England)—

(a)

in subsection (2), after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)

any amounts which it estimates will be transferred in the year from its general fund to its collection fund in accordance with regulations under section 97(2B) of the 1988 Act,”,

(b)

in subsection (3), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

any amounts which it estimates will be transferred in the year from its collection fund to its general fund in accordance with regulations under section 97(2A) of the 1988 Act,”, and

(c)

in subsection (9)(b), after “paragraphs” insert “(aa),”.

(3)

In section 52ZD(4) (council tax referendums: approval of principles), for “section 78A of” substitute “paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 7B to”.

(4)

In section 52ZF4 (council tax referendums: billing authority’s duty to make substitute calculations)—

(a)

in subsection (3)(a) (amounts to be used by billing authorities for the purpose of substitute calculations), for “redistributed” substitute “locally retained”, and

(b)

after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)

In this Chapter, “locally retained non-domestic rates”, in relation to a billing authority or a major precepting authority, means amounts received by the authority under, or under regulations under, Schedule 7B to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, or under regulations under section 99(3) of that Act in connection with the operation of that Schedule.”

(5)

In section 52ZJ5 (council tax referendums: major precepting authority’s duty to make substitute calculations), in subsection (4)(a) (amounts to be used by major precepting authorities for the purpose of substitute calculations), for “redistributed” substitute “locally retained”.

(6)

In section 69(1) (interpretation of Part 1), in the definition of “redistributed non-domestic rates”, for “Secretary of State” substitute “Welsh Ministers”.