The Local Government Finance (New Parishes) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/3270
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Finance (New Parishes) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 27th January 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation and consequential amendment

(1) In regulation 2 of the Local Government Finance (New Parishes) Regulations 1998 (“the principal Regulations”)—

(a) for the definition of “the Act” there is substituted—

“the 1992 Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

“the 1997 Act ” means the Local Government and Rating Act 1997;

“establishment order” means, as respects a relevant parish council or relevant chairman, the order under section 14 or section 16 of the 1997 Act which constituted the new parish for which it is the council, or in relation to which he is the chairman;

(b) for the definition of “new parish” there is substituted—

“new parish” means a parish constituted by an order under section 14 of the 1997 Act or for which a separate parish council is established by an order under section 16 of that Act;

(c) for the words from “relevant parish council” to the end there is substituted—

“relevant parish council” means a parish council established by an order under section 14 of the 1997 Act, or a separate parish council established by an order under section 16 of that Act;

“relevant year” means the financial year in which a new parish is constituted, or that in which a separate parish council is first established for a parish.

(2) In regulations 3(2), (3) and (4) and 4 to 6 of the principal Regulations, for “the Act”, wherever occurring, there is substituted “the 1992 Act”.

Section 3 Calculation of budget requirement

(1) Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b), for “the section 14 order” there is substituted “the establishment order”.

(3) In paragraph (2), for the words from “in a section 14 order” to the end, and in paragraph (4) for “in the relevant section 14 order”, there is substituted “in the establishment order”.

Section 4 Issue of precepts

In regulation 5(1) of the principal Regulations, after “relevant parish” there is added “council”.

Section 5 Limitation of council tax and precepts

In regulation 6 of the principal Regulations, for “in a section 14 order” there is substituted “in the establishment order”.