Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2015 No. 160
Local Government
The Local Government (Transferred Functions Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Made
12th March 2015
Coming into operation
2nd April 2015
The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27A of the Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(1).
In accordance with section 44(1) of that Act, the Department has consulted councils, such associations representative of councils, such associations representative of officers of councils and such other persons or bodies as appear to the Department to be appropriate.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Local Government (Transferred Functions Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 2 April 2015.
(2) In these Regulations-
“the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
2. For the purposes of section 27A(1) of the Act “financial year” means the financial year beginning on 1st April 2015 and each successive year.
Amount of Increase
3. For the purposes of section 27A(4)(b) of the Act the total of the rateable net annual values of the hereditaments in the district of each council specified in the Schedule is increased by the corresponding amount in column 2 of the Schedule.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 12 March 2015
Linda MacHugh
A senior officer of the
Department
12 March 2015
Regulation 3
SCHEDULE
Column 1 District Council | Column 2 Amount by which the total of the rateable net annual values of the hereditaments in the district is increased |
|---|---|
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | £3,500,066 |
| Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon | £2,270,058 |
| Belfast | £0 |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | £1,481,992 |
| Derry and Strabane | £1,167,303 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | £2,509,122 |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | £1,818,447 |
| Mid and East Antrim | £2,867,907 |
| Mid Ulster | £2,811,976 |
| Newry, Mourne and Down | £2,633,857 |
| North Down and Ards | £1,885,996 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the financial year and the amount by which the total of the net annual values of hereditaments in the district of each council is increased for the purpose of enabling the Department of the Environment to determine the amount of transferred functions grant payable to district councils under section 27A of the Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c 10).
2011 c.10 (N.I.); section 27A was inserted by section 114 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (2014 c.8 (N.I.))