LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations and Funds) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 8th February 1994. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the 1992 Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992. Calculation of budget requirement by billing authorities 3 1 The constituents of the calculation to be made under section 32(2) of the 1992 Act are altered by substituting for paragraph (e) the following paragraph— e any amounts which it estimates will be transferred from its general fund to its collection fund pursuant to a direction under subsection (5) of section 98 of the 1988 Act and charged to a revenue account for the year, other than (in the case of an authority in England) any amounts which it estimates will be so transferred pursuant to a direction under that subsection relating to the difference between amounts in respect of community charges credited and charged to a revenue account for any earlier financial year. . 2 The constituents of the calculation to be made under section 32(3) of the 1992 Act are altered as follows— a in paragraph (a), for the words “or additional grant” there shall be substituted the words “, additional grant or (in the case of an authority in England) the grant specified in paragraph 4 of the special grant report approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 3rd February 1994” ; and b for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— b any amounts which it estimates will be transferred from its collection fund to its general fund pursuant to a direction under subsection (4) of section 98 of the 1988 Act and credited to a revenue account for the year, other than (in the case of an authority in England) any amounts which it estimates will be so transferred— i pursuant to a direction under that subsection relating to the difference between amounts in respect of community charges credited and charged to a revenue account for any earlier financial year; and ii in the case of the Common Council, pursuant to a direction under that subsection in respect of an amount calculated by reference to the provisional amount of its non-domestic rating contribution under Part II of Schedule 8 to that Act; and . Calculation of basic amount of tax 4 1 The constituents of the calculation required by item P in sections 33(1) and 44(1) of the 1992 Act are altered by substituting for the words “or additional grant” the words “, additional grant or (in the case of an authority in England) the grant specified in paragraph 4 of the special grant report approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 3rd February 1994”. 2 The constituents of the calculation required by item P in subsections (1) and (3) of section 33 of the 1992 Act are altered by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsections— 3 The aggregate of the sums mentioned in item P in subsection (1) above shall be increased or reduced by the amount calculated in accordance with the following formula, according to whether that amount is positive or negative W + X ( Y + Z ) where W is the amount of any sum which the authority estimates will be transferred in the year from its collection fund to its general fund in accordance with section 97(3) of the 1988 Act; X in the case of an authority in Wales is nil and, in the case of an authority in England, is (subject to subsection (3A) below) the amount of any sum which the authority estimates will be— transferred from its collection fund to its general fund pursuant to a direction under section 98(4) of that Act relating to the difference between amounts in respect of community charges credited and charged to a revenue account for any earlier financial year; and credited to a revenue account for the year; Y is the amount of any sum which the authority estimates will be transferred in the year from its general fund to its collection fund in accordance with section 97(4) of that Act; Z in the case of an authority in Wales is nil and, in the case of an authority in England, is the amount of any sum which the authority estimates will be— transferred from its general fund to its collection fund pursuant to a direction under section 98(5) of that Act relating to the difference between amounts in respect of community charges credited and charged to a revenue account for any earlier financial year; and charged to a revenue account for the year. 3A In the case of the Common Council, item X in subsection (3) above shall also include the amount of any sum which the Common Council estimates will be— a transferred from its collection fund to its City fund pursuant to a direction under section 98(4) of the 1988 Act in respect of an amount calculated by reference to the provisional amount of its non-domestic rating contribution under Part II of Schedule 8 to that Act; and b credited to a revenue account for the year. . Calculation of budget requirement by major precepting authorities 5 The constituents of the calculation to be made under section 43(3) of the 1992 Act are altered by amending section 43 as follows— a in subsection (3)(a), for the words “the 1988 Act; and” there shall be substituted the words “the 1988 Act, or (in the case of an authority in England) in respect of relevant special grant; and”; and b after subsection (6), there shall be inserted the following subsection— 6A For the purposes of subsection (3)(a) above relevant special grant is the grant specified in paragraph 4 of the special grant report approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 3rd February 1994. . Revocation of Regulations 6 In consequence of the provisions of regulations 3(1) and (2)(b) above and 4(2) above, the Billing Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) (England) Regulations 1992 and regulations 2, 3 and 4 of the Billing Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations and Transitional Reduction Scheme) (England) Regulations 1993 are hereby revoked. Amendment of Regulations 7 In paragraph 5(g) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Local Authorities (Funds) (England) Regulations 1992 for the words “the Collection Fund” to the end there shall be substituted the words “any direction made by the Secretary of State under section 98(4) and (5) of the 1988 Act relating to the difference between amounts in respect of community charges credited and charged to a revenue account for any earlier financial year.”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 7th February 1994