Local Government Finance Act 1987

8 (1) In doing any of the acts mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below the Secretary of State shall—

(a) take into account information relating to hereditaments in the area of an English local authority and their rateable values if the information falls within sub-paragraph (4) below, and

(b) leave out of account information relating to such hereditaments and their rateable values if the information does not fall within sub-paragraph (4) below.

(2) The acts are—

(a) making any determination or doing any other thing after the passing of this Act for the purposes of any relevant report, and

(b) making under section 66(1) of the 1980 Act the first estimate and notification to be made after the passing of this Act as regards the authority concerned for the year beginning in 1986.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph relevant reports are—

(a) the report mentioned in paragraph 1(4)(b) above, and

(b) any report proposed to be made in substitution (directly or indirectly) for the report mentioned in paragraph 1(8)(b) above.

(4) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is that which was taken into account in making the Rate Support Grant Report for England for the year beginning in 1986.