Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)

(The document as of February, 2008)

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The accounts

6 (1) In accordance with this Part of this Schedule the Secretary of State shall keep, in respect of the financial year 1993-94 and each subsequent financial year, an account (to be called a non-domestic rating account).

(2) The Secretary of State--

(a) shall keep each account in such form as the Treasury may direct; and

(b) shall at such time as the Treasury may direct send copies of each account to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

(3) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on any account of which copies are sent to him under sub-paragraph (2) above and shall lay copies of the account and of his report before each House of Parliament.

Credits and debits

7 (1) For each financial year there shall be credited (as items of account) to the account kept for the year any sums received by the Secretary of State in the year under paragraph 11 below.

(2) Any amounts of non-domestic rate income distributed by the Secretary of State in a financial year under--

(a) paragraph 3 above;

(b) paragraph 11(9) and (10) below; or

shall be debited (as items of account) to the account kept for the year

8 (1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year the Secretary of State shall calculate the following--

(a) the aggregate of the items of account credited to the account kept for the year; and

(b) the aggregate of the items of account debited to the account kept for the year.

(2) If the aggregate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above exceeds that mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, a sum equal to the excess shall be--

(a) debited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the year; and

(b) credited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the next financial year.

(3) If the aggregate mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above exceeds that mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above, a sum equal to the excess shall be--

(a) credited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the year; and

(b) debited (as an item of account) to the account kept for the next financial year.

Distributable amount

9 (1) Before a financial year begins the Secretary of State shall estimate--

(a) the aggregate of the items of account which will be credited to the account kept for that year; and

(b) the aggregate of the items of account which will be debited to the account kept for that year under paragraphs 7(2)(b) and (c) and 8(3)(b) above.

(2) In making any estimate under sub-paragraph (1) above the Secretary of State may make such assumptions as he thinks fit.

(3) If the aggregate estimated under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above exceeds the aggregate estimated under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above the Secretary of State shall calculate the amount equal to the difference.

(4) In any local government finance order in respect of that year the Secretary of State shall specify the amount arrived at under this paragraph (the distributable amount for the year).

Part III Contribution

Non-domestic rating contributions

10 (1) The Secretary of State may make regulations containing rules for the calculation of an amount for a financial year in relation to each levying authority (to be called its non-domestic rating contribution for the year).

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the rules shall be so framed that the amount calculated under them in relation to an authority is broadly the same as the total which would be payable to that authority if there were added--

(a) any sum paid to them by way of a contribution in aid made in respect of lands and heritages which, but for any rule of law relating to Crown exemption, would be liable to non-domestic rates; and

(b) the sum which, if the authority acted diligently, would be payable to them in respect of non-domestic rates for that year.

(3) The Secretary of State may incorporate in the rules provision for deductions (of such extent (if any) as he thinks fit) as regards--

(a) the operation of--

(i) section 243A (relief of rates in respect of lands and heritages occupied only for a short time) of the 1947 Act;

(ii) section 244 (remission of rates on account of poverty) of the 1947 Act; and

(iii) section 4(5) (reduction and remission of rates payable by charitable and other organisations) of the [1962 c. 9] Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1962;

(b) the costs of collection and recovery; and

(4) Regulations under this paragraph in their application to a particular financial year (including regulations amending or revoking others) shall not be effective unless they come into force before 1st January in the preceding financial year.

11 (1) This paragraph applies where regulations under paragraph 10 above are in force in respect of a financial year, and has effect subject to any such regulations.

(2) Before the beginning of the relevant financial year, the Secretary of State shall calculate the amount of each levying authority's non-domestic rating contribution for that year, and shall inform each authority of the amount so calculated in respect of them.

(3) The authority shall be liable to pay to the Secretary of State an amount (the "provisional amount") equal to that calculated and notified to them under sub-paragraph (2) above.

(4) The authority shall pay the provisional amount during the course of the year, in such instalments and at such times as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury direct.

(5) Within such period after the year ends as the Secretary of State may direct the authority shall--

(a) calculate, in such manner as may be prescribed, the amount of its non-domestic rating contribution for the year;

(b) notify the amount so calculated to the Secretary of State; and

(c) arrange for the calculation and the amount to be certified under arrangements made by the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland.

(6) The Commission shall send a copy of the certification of the calculation and the amount to the Secretary of State.

(7) When the Secretary of State receives notification from an authority under sub-paragraph (5)(b) above he shall--

(a) calculate the amount of the difference (if any) between that amount (the "notified amount") and the provisional amount; and

(b) if there is a difference, inform the authority of the amount of the difference.

(8) If the notified amount exceeds the provisional amount the authority shall pay an amount equal to the difference to the Secretary of State at such time as he may direct.

(9) If the notified amount is less than the provisional amount the Secretary of State shall pay an amount equal to the difference to the authority; and the amount shall be paid at such time as he decides with the Treasury's approval.

(10) When the Secretary of State receives notification of the certified amount from the Commission under sub-paragraph (6) above he shall inform the authority of the amount of any difference between the certified amount and the notified amount, and sub-paragraphs (8) and (9) above shall apply in relation to differences between the certified amount and the notified amount as they apply in relation to differences between the provisional amount and the notified amount.

(11) If the authority fail to comply with sub-paragraph (5) above the Secretary of State may suspend payments which would otherwise fall to be made to the authority under--

(a) paragraph 3 above;

(b) sub-paragraph (9) or (10) above; or

but if the authority then comply with the sub-paragraph he shall resume payments falling to be made to the authority under those provisions and make payments to them equal to those suspended.

(12) Where the Secretary of State has suspended payments under sub-paragraph (9) above by reason of the authority's failure to make the calculation required under sub-paragraph (5)(a) above in the manner prescribed, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (10) above sub-paragraphs (8) and (9) above shall apply to differences between the provisional amount and the certified amount as they apply to differences between the provisional amount and the notified amount.

12 (1) Any calculation under paragraph 11 above of the amount of an authority's non-domestic rating contribution for a year shall be made on the basis of the information before the person making the calculation at the time he makes it; but regulations under paragraph 10 above may include provision--

(a) requiring a calculation under paragraph 11(2) above to be made on the basis of that information read subject to prescribed assumptions;

(b) enabling a calculation under paragraph 11(5)(a) above to be made without taking into account any information as regards which the following conditions are satisfied--

(i) it is not reasonably practicable for the person making the calculation to take it into account; and

(ii) it was received by the authority after a prescribed date (which may be before or after the end of the year in question).

(2) Regulations under paragraph 10 above may incorporate in the rules provision for adjustments to be made in the calculation of the amount of an authority's non-domestic rating contribution under paragraph 11(2) or (5) above, being adjustments to take account of relevant changes affecting the amount of the authority's non-domestic rating contribution for an earlier year.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above, a change is a relevant change if it results from a decision, determination or other matter which (whether by reason of the time at which it was taken, made or occurred or otherwise) was not taken into account by the authority in the calculation under paragraph 11(5) above of the amount of their non-domestic rating contribution for the earlier year in question.

(4) The power to give directions under paragraph 11 above--

(a) includes power to revoke or amend a direction given under the power;

(b) may be exercised differently for different authorities.

(5) The Secretary of State may make regulations providing that, once the provisional amount has been arrived at under paragraph 11 above as regards an authority for a financial year and if prescribed conditions are fulfilled, the provisional amount is to be treated for the purposes of that paragraph as being an amount smaller than it would otherwise be.

(6) Regulations under sub-paragraph (5) above may include--

(a) provision as to the re-calculation of the provisional amount, including provision for the procedure to be adopted for re-calculation if the prescribed conditions are fulfilled;

(b) provision as to financial adjustments to be made as a result of any re-calculation, including provision for the making of reduced payments under paragraph 11 above or of repayments.

Section 117(1).

SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Forged Transfers Act 1891 (c. 43)

1 In section 2 of the Forged Transfers Act 1891 (definitions), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs--

" (a) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(aa) a regional, islands or district council within the meaning of the [1973 c. 65.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;

(ab) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the [1988 c. 41.] Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (c. 38)

2 In section 3 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, for the definition of "ratepayer" (which was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 to the [1990 c. 43.] Environmental Protection Act 1990) there shall be substituted the following definition-- " The word "ratepayer" means a person who is either liable to pay any council tax imposed under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (or would be so liable but for any enactment or anything provided or done under any enactment) or a non-domestic ratepayer. "

Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 (c. 53)

3 In section 21 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 (power to alter names of streets), for the words from "and persons" to "community charge" there shall be substituted the words "and persons who are liable to pay an amount in respect of council tax".

Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 (c. 36)

4 In section 23 of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 (duty of certain councils to provide allotments), in subsection (2), for the words from "persons" to "community charge" there shall be substituted the words "persons who are liable to pay an amount in respect of council tax".

5 In section 29 of that Act (management of allotments), in subsection (1), for the words from "liable" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words "liable to pay to the district or London borough council in whose area the land is situated an amount in respect of council tax."

Civil Defence Act 1939 (c. 31)

6 In section 62 of the Civil Defence Act 1939 (power of local authorities and public utility undertakers to appropriate lands and buildings for purposes of civil defence), in subsection (1A)(a), for the words from "charging authority" to "Local Government Finance Act 1988" there shall be substituted the words "billing authority or precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992".

Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 (c. 18)

7 In section 11 of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 (interpretation), in subsection (1), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs--

" (a) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(aa) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the [1988 c. 41.] Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Civil Defence Act 1948 (c. 5)

8 In section 9 of the Civil Defence Act 1948 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of "local authority", for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs--

" (a) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(aa) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60)

9 After section 20 of the 1956 Act there shall be inserted--

" 20A Contributions by police authorities

(1) The police authority of any police area may incur expenses in the making of contributions in aid of council tax in respect of dwellings, whether in the police area or elsewhere, which are occupied for the purposes of the police force for that area, being dwellings in respect of which no council tax is paid.

(2) A contribution under this section shall be treated as money paid as council tax. "

10 For section 22 of that Act there shall be substituted the following section--

" 22 Exemption of churches, etc. from rates

(1) No non-domestic rate shall be levied on any premises to the extent that they consist of--

(a) a building occupied by a religious body and used for the purpose of religious worship;

(b) a church hall, chapel hall or similar premises used in connection with a building such as is referred to in paragraph (a) above for the purposes of the religious body which occupies that building; or

(i) for carrying out administrative or other activities relating to the organisation of the conduct of religious worship in a building such as is referred to in paragraph (a) above; or

(ii) as an office or for office purposes, or for purposes ancillary to its use as an office or for office purposes.

(2) Where any such premises as are mentioned in subsection (1) above form part of other lands and heritages and are not entered separately in the valuation roll, the net annual value of those lands and heritages shall be apportioned between the said premises and the remainder of the lands and heritages, and the net annual values of such premises and of the remainder shall be shown separately in the valuation roll.

(3) The provisions of the Valuation Acts (including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the provisions with respect to persons whose property is valued and with respect to appeals and complaints) shall apply with regard to any matter required by subsection (2) above to be shown in the valuation roll.

(4) In subsection (1)(c) above--

"office purposes" includes administration, clerical work and handling money; and
"clerical work" includes writing, book-keeping, sorting papers or information, filing, typing, duplicating, calculating (by whatever means), drawing and the editorial preparation of matter for publication. "

Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962 (c. 9)

11 In subsection (9) of section 4 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962 (exemption from relief under that section of premises exempt under section 22 of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956), the words "paragraph (a) or (b) or (c) of" shall be omitted.

Stock Transfer Act 1963 (c. 18)

12 In section 4 of the Stock Transfer Act 1963 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of "local authority", for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs--

" (a) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(aa) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the [1988 c. 41.] Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12)

13 In section 31 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (investments), in paragraph (a), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs--

" (i) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(ia) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Public Works Loans Act 1965 (c. 63)

14 In section 2 of the Public Works Loans Act 1965 (new form of local loan and automatic charge for securing it), in subsection (1)(a), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs--

" (i) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(ia) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9)

15 In section 70 of the General Rate Act 1967 (provision for objections to proposals), in subsection (5), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

16 In section 72 of that Act (agreed alterations after proposals), in subsection (1), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

17 In section 73 of that Act (opposed proposals), in subsections (1) and (2)(b), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

18 In section 74 of that Act (proposals objected to by valuation officer), in subsections (2) and (3), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

19 In section 75 of that Act (two or more proposals in respect of the same hereditament), in paragraph (b), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

20 In section 76 of that Act (appeals against objections to proposals), in subsections (1), (2), (2B), (3) and (4), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

21 In section 77 of that Act (appeal to Lands Tribunal), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

22 In section 78 of that Act (arbitration with respect to proposals), in subsection (1), for the words "before a valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "before a valuation tribunal".

23 In section 83 of that Act (use of returns as evidence), in subsections (8) and (9), for the words "a valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "a valuation tribunal".

24 In section 93 of that Act (membership of local authority etc. not to be a disqualification in certain cases), in subsection (1), for the words "a valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "a valuation tribunal".

25 In section 108 of that Act (inspection of documents), in subsection (1)(c), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal" there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13)

26 In Schedule 4 to the National Loans Act 1968 (local loans), in paragraph 1(a), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs--

" (i) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(ia) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the [1988 c. 41.] Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

International Organisations Act 1968 (c. 48)

27 In section 2 of the International Organisations Act 1968 (specialised agencies of United Nations), in subsection (2)(aa), for the words from "subject to" to "collective community charge" there shall be substituted the words "liable to pay anything in respect of council tax".

28 In Part II of Schedule 1 to that Act (privileges and immunities of representatives, members of subordinate bodies, high officers, experts and persons on missions), in paragraph 9B, for the words from "subject to" to "collective community charge" there shall be substituted the words "liable to pay anything in respect of council tax".

Development of Tourism Act 1969 (c. 51)

29 In section 14 of the Development of Tourism Act 1969 (general restrictions on the making of grants and loans), in subsection (2)(a), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs--

" (i) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(ia) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the [1988 c. 41.] Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56)

30 In Schedule 3 to the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (administrative, incidental and consequential provisions) in paragraph 6(1)(a), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs--

" (i) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(ia) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (c. 62)

31 In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (tribunals under direct supervision of Council on Tribunals), in paragraph 12A, for the words "Valuation and community charge tribunals" there shall be substituted the words "Valuation tribunals".

Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

32 In section 97 of the Local Government Act 1972 (removal or exclusion of disability etc.), in subsection (4), for the words from "under the Local Government Finance Act 1988" to "community charge" there shall be substituted the words "to pay an amount in respect of any community charge or in respect of council tax".

33 In section 150 of that Act (expenses of parish and community councils), in the proviso to subsection (1), for the words from "section 33(4)(d)" to "charging authority)" there shall be substituted the words "section 35(2)(d) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (special expenses of a billing authority)".

34 (1) In subsection (1)(b) of section 168 of that Act (local financial returns)--

(a) for the words "charging authority" there shall be substituted the words "billing authority"; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (i), for the words from "personal community charge" to "collective community charge" there shall be substituted the words "council tax".

(2) In subsection (5) of that section, for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs--

" (a) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(aa) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the [1988 c. 41.] Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)

35 In section 41(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (exclusion from voting disability), after "1987" there shall be inserted the words "or any council tax or council water charge imposed under the Local Government Finance Act 1992".

36 In section 56 of that Act (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities), for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection--

" (6) A local authority's functions with respect to--

(a) determining a rate;

(b) setting an amount of council tax in accordance with section 93(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, or setting a reduced amount of council tax under section 94 of that Act or paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to that Act;

(c) setting an amount of council water charge in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992; or

(d) borrowing money,

shall be discharged only by the authority. "

37 (1) In subsection (1) of section 109 of that Act (rating authorities), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph--

" (a) in the case of the non-domestic rate prescribed under section 7B of the [1975 c. 30.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the regional council and the islands council; " .

(2) In subsection (2) of that section, for the words from "falls" onwards there shall be substituted the words "falls, such information as may reasonably be required for the preparation of demand notes for the purposes of levying the non-domestic rate".

38 Sections 110 and 110A of that Act (which make provision as to the distribution of non-domestic rate income) shall cease to have effect.

39 In section 111 of that Act (power to make regulations as to certain matters connected with non-domestic rates), subsection (1)(a), (b) and (d) shall cease to have effect.

40 In subsection (1) of section 118 of that Act (local financial returns), the words "district council in respect of the non-domestic district rate and to any" shall cease to have effect.

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30)

41 In section 2 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (alterations to valuation roll which is in force), in subsection (1)(e) for the words "section 10(2) of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963 or" there shall be substituted the word "under".

42 In section 6 of that Act (valuation by formula of certain lands and heritages), at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted "and, for the purposes of this subsection, "class or description" of lands and heritages includes lands and heritages, or classes of lands and heritages, falling within such geographical area as may be prescribed."

43 In section 37 of that Act (general interpretation)--

(a) after the definition of "the Assessor" there shall be inserted the following definition--

" "apportionment note" shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992; " ;

(b) after the definition of "material change of circumstances" there shall be inserted the following definitions--

" "non-domestic rate" shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 7A of this Act;

"part residential subjects" shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 99(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992; " ; and

(c) in the definition of "prescribed", after the words "Secretary of State" there shall be inserted the words ", and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly".

44 In Schedule 3 to that Act (which relates to borrowing and lending by local authorities)--

(a) in paragraph 6(2)(a), for the words "the community charges and the community water charges" there shall be substituted the words "the council tax and the council water charge";

(b) in paragraph 20(2), for the words "the community charges and the community water charges" there shall be substituted the words "the council tax and the council water charge";

" (a) their functions under any enactment (within the meaning of section 109(1) of the [1980 c. 45.] Water (Scotland) Act 1980) in relation to water supply in their area; or

(b) under the [1968 c. 47.] Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968; or

(d) in paragraph 31, after the definition of "borrowing account" there shall be inserted the following definitions--

" "council tax" shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 70(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

"council water charge" shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 to Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992; " ; and the definitions of "community charges" and "community water charges" shall cease to have effect.

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57)

45 The power conferred by section 16 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (power of local authorities to obtain particulars of persons interested in land) shall not be exercisable with a view to performing any functions under Part I of this Act.

Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978 (c. 40)

46 In section 2 of the Rating (Disabled Persons) Act 1978 (rebates for institutions for the disabled), in subsections (5B) and (5C), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

47 In Schedule 1 to that Act (amount of rebate under section 1 of that Act), in paragraph 11, in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), for the words "valuation and community charge tribunal", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "valuation tribunal".

Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55)

48 In section 65 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (justices not disqualified by reason of being rate-payers etc.)--

(a) after the words "charging authority" there shall be inserted the words "council tax set by a billing authority"; and

(b) after the words "such community charges" there shall be inserted the words "such council tax".

Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)

49 In section 2(7)(aa) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (manner in which local authorities are required to publish information), for sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph--

" (ii) a notice given by virtue of regulations made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 " .

Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)

50 In Part I of Schedule 6 to the Highways Act 1980 (procedure for making and confirming certain orders relating to footpaths and bridleways), in paragraph 3(3)(a), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs--

" (i) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

(ia) a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the [1988 c. 41.] Local Government Finance Act 1988; " .

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