Amendment of regulation 44.

In regulation 4 (payment to the Secretary of State in respect of the central share)—

(a)

for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

In relation to each relevant year, a billing authority must deduct from the central share payment the amount which is the total of the following—

(a)

its estimate of the amount (if any) specified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 for that year;

(b)

its estimate of the amount (if any) specified by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 for that year;

(c)

for a relevant year beginning on or after 1st April 2017—

(i)

its estimate of the amount specified by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2A for that year (if applicable); and

(ii)

its estimate of the amount specified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2B for that year (if applicable);”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2), for “payment in respect of the central share” substitute “central share payment”.