Local Government Finance Act 1987

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 List of Accounts

1 The Housing Revenue Account.

2 The Housing Repairs Account.

3 Any account of a trading undertaking (whether the undertaking is owned by the authority concerned individually or as a member of a joint committee).

4 Any account of any fund established under section 15(1) of the [1964 c. 75.] Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.

5 Any account kept by virtue of section 2(2) of the [1970 c. 39.] Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970.

6 Any account of any fund known as a superannuation fund and maintained under regulations made under section 7 of the [1972 c. 11.] Superannuation Act 1972.

7 Any account of a loans fund established under paragraph 15 of Schedule 13 to the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972.

8 Any account of any fund established under paragraph 16 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Act 1972.

9 Any account of any lottery fund within the meaning of section 8 of the [1976 c. 32.] Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976.

10 Any account kept by virtue of section 10(1)(i) of the 1980 Act (direct labour organisations).

11 Any account kept by virtue of section 55(1) of the [1984 c. 27.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (parking places).

12 Any account kept by virtue of section 3(4)(a)(i) of the [1985 c. 47.] Further Education Act 1985.

13 Any account of any fund known as a metropolitan debt administration fund and operated under any order made under section 66 of the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985.

Section 7.

SCHEDULE 2 Rates: Maximum Limit

1 (1) The maximum limit in relation to a designated authority shall be determined by applying the appropriate formula (found in accordance with paragraph 6 below).

(2) The maximum limit in relation to a designated authority shall be expressed in pence; and parts of pence shall be calculated to two decimal places only, after adding one hundredth where (apart from this sub-paragraph) there would be not less than one thousandth.

2 (1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 6 below.

(2) EL is the level for the authority’s total expenditure in the relevant financial year which before the passing of this Act was determined and notified to the authority under section 3(1) and (3) of the 1984 Act.

(3) BG is the aggregate of the amount (if any) of block grant which the Secretary of State estimates will be payable to the authority for the relevant financial year, where the estimate—

(a) is made by reference to the contents of, and the information taken into account by him in making, the relevant Report, and

(b) is made without taking into account the effect (if any) of sections 62 and 63 of the 1980 Act (adjustments).

(4) E is the contribution (if any) payable to the authority in respect of the relevant financial year under any scheme under section 66 of the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963 (equalisation of rates).

(5) RV is the aggregate of the rateable values of the hereditaments in the area of the authority; and for this purpose the rateable value of a hereditament is—

(a) in the case of a hereditament for which a method of ascertaining its rateable value for the purposes of Part VI of the 1980 Act is provided in the relevant Report, the value so ascertained, and

(b) in any other case, the rateable value ascribed to the hereditament in the valuation lists on 1st April 1986,ignoring any changes in the valuation lists, and any other information relating to hereditaments and rateable values, not notified to the Secretary of State before 20th December 1986.

(6) T is the amount (if any) determined by applying the formula—

(7) GRE is the amount shown as grant-related expenditure in relation to the authority in the relevant Report.

(8) R is the amount determined by applying the formula—

3 (1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 2(6) above.

(2) A is the amount (if any) which before 20th December 1986 the authority submitted under section 65 of the 1980 Act (information) as the amount the authority estimates as its expenditure on education for the financial year beginning in 1986 (taking, if more than one such amount was submitted before that date, the latest to be so submitted).

(3) B is the amount shown as grant-related expenditure in relation to the authority in the Rate Support Grant Report for England for the financial year beginning in 1986.

(4) M is the figure shown as the multiplier in relation to the authority in the relevant Report.

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above any amount submitted by the authority as an amount it estimates as its expenditure by way of debt charges, or by way of provision for pay and price changes, or on school meals and milk, shall be ignored.

4 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 2(8) above DBG is the aggregate of the amount (if any) of block grant which the Secretary of State estimates will be payable to the authority for the relevant financial year, where the estimate—

(a) is made on the assumptions that the authority’s total expenditure in relation to the relevant financial year is equal to GRE × 1·09, and that the gross rateable value of its area is equal to RV,

(b) is made by reference to the contents of the relevant Report, and

(c) is made without taking into account the effect (if any) of sections 62 and 63 of the 1980 Act (adjustments).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 2(8) above and sub-paragraph (1) above EL, BG, RV and GRE have the same meanings as in paragraph 6 below.

5 In this Schedule “the relevant financial year” means the financial year beginning in 1987 and “the relevant Report” means the Rate Support Grant Report for England for that financial year.

6 (1) In the case of an authority actually designated by the Secretary of State (as opposed to one deemed to have been designated) the appropriate formula is, if the authority was also designated under section 2 of the 1984 Act in relation to the financial year beginning in 1986—

(2) In the case of an authority actually designated by the Secretary of State (as opposed to one deemed to have been designated) the appropriate formula is, if the authority was not also designated under section 2 of the 1984 Act in relation to the financial year beginning in 1986 and if in the case of the authority GRE × 1·09 does not exceed EL × 1·02—

(3) In the case of an authority actually designated by the Secretary of State (as opposed to one deemed to have been designated) the appropriate formula is, if the authority was not also designated under section 2 of the 1984 Act in relation to the financial year beginning in 1986 and if in the case of the authority GRE × 1·09 exceeds EL × 1·02—

(4) In the case of a metropolitan county police authority or the Northumbria Police Authority the appropriate formula is—

(5) In the case of a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority or the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority the appropriate formula is—

(6) In the case of a metropolitan county passenger transport authority the appropriate formula is—

(7) In the case of the Inner London Education Authority the appropriate formula is—

SCHEDULE 3 Rate Support Grant: Special Provisions

Consultation

1 (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below apply as regards the Rate Support Grant Report for England for the year beginning in 1987 and the Rate Support Grant Report for Wales for that year.

(2) If the Secretary of State proposes to include in such a Report any specification under section 1(6), 2(4) or 3(1), (7) or (8) of this Act in respect of that year, section 60(5) of the 1980 Act shall not require consultation to be made (as regards that Report) as to any matter relating to such a specification.

(3) The requirements of section 60(5) of the 1980 Act may be satisfied (as regards such a Report) by consultation before the passing of this Act; and the requirement in section 54(4) of that Act to consult may be satisfied (as regards a determination to be specified in such a Report) by consultation before the passing of this Act.

(4) Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) below apply as regards—

(a) the first supplementary report proposed to be made after the passing of this Act for England for the year beginning in 1985,

(b) the first supplementary report proposed to be so made for England for the year beginning in 1986, and

(c) the first supplementary report proposed to be so made for Wales for the year beginning in 1986.

(5) If the Secretary of State proposes to include in such a report any specification under section 1(6), 2(4) or 3(1), (7) or (8) of this Act in respect of the year concerned, section 60(5) of the 1980 Act (as applied by section 61(2)) shall not require consultation to be made (as regards that report) as to any matter relating to such a specification.

(6) The requirements of section 60(5) of the 1980 Act (as applied by section 61(2)) may be satisfied (as regards such a report) by consultation before the passing of this Act; and the requirement in section 54(4) of that Act to consult may be satisfied (as regards a fresh determination to be specified in such a Report) by consultation before the passing of this Act.

(7) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above also apply as regards any Report proposed to be made in substitution (directly or indirectly) for any Report mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above.

(8) Sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) above also apply as regards any report proposed to be made in substitution (directly or indirectly) for—

(a) the first supplementary report made after the passing of this Act for England for the year beginning in 1985,

(b) the first supplementary report so made for England for the year beginning in 1986, or

(c) the first supplementary report so made for Wales for the year beginning in 1986.

(9) In a case where sub-paragraph (2) or (5) above applies, section 9(4) of this Act shall not apply in relation to the exercise of the power to specify.

Certain matters to be disregarded

2 (1) In making any determination or doing any other thing (other than making an excepted specification) after the passing of this Act for the purposes of any relevant report, the Secretary of State shall leave out of account information and representations received by him on or after the relevant date.

(2) In this paragraph “relevant report” means any report as regards which paragraph 1(2) and (3) above or 1(5) and (6) above apply.

(3) In this paragraph “the relevant date” means 20th December 1986 in the case of—

(a) the Rate Support Grant Report for England for the year beginning in 1987,

(b) any Report proposed to be made in substitution (directly or indirectly) for the Report mentioned in paragraph (a) above,

(c) the report mentioned in paragraph 1(4)(b) above, or

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

(4) In this paragraph “the relevant date” means 11th December 1986 in the case of—

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

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

(5) In this paragraph “the relevant date” means 4th December 1986 in the case of—

(a) the Rate Support Grant Report for Wales for the year beginning in 1987,

(b) any Report proposed to be made in substitution (directly or indirectly) for the Report mentioned in paragraph (a) above,

(c) the report mentioned in paragraph 1(4)(c) above, or

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

(6) In this paragraph “an excepted specification” means a specification made under section 1(6), 2(4) or 3(1), (7) or (8) of this Act.

Total expenditure 1985-86

3 (1) In doing any of the acts mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below the Secretary of State shall treat the relevant amount as the amount of an English local authority’s total expenditure in relation to the relevant year.

(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 relevant year.

(3) Where an amount estimated as an authority’s total expenditure in relation to the relevant year was submitted to the Secretary of State by the authority—

(a) before 11th December 1986, and

(b) in response to a requirement made under section 65 of the 1980 Act in April 1986,

for the purposes of this paragraph the relevant amount is (as regards the authority) the amount submitted.

(4) Where in the case of an authority no amount was submitted as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) above but an amount estimated as the authority’s total expenditure in relation to the relevant year was submitted to the Secretary of State by the authority—

(a) before 11th December 1986, and

(b) in response to a requirement made under section 65 of the 1980 Act in February 1985,

for the purposes of this paragraph the relevant amount is (as regards the authority) the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) or (6) below (as the case may be).

(5) Where sub-paragraph (4) above applies in the case of an authority which is not a local education authority, the amount is the amount submitted.

(6) Where sub-paragraph (4) above applies in the case of an authority which is a local education authority, the amount is the amount submitted as adjusted by a method determined by the Secretary of State; and the method shall be determined in accordance with principles to be applied to all authorities affected by the adjustment.

(7) Where in the case of an authority more than one amount was submitted as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) above, for the purposes of that sub-paragraph the amount submitted shall be taken to be the latest to be so submitted.

(8) In this paragraph “the relevant year” means the year beginning in 1985.

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

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

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

(10) In its application in relation to the Greater London Council, the Inner London Education Authority or a metropolitan county council, this paragraph shall have effect as if the second reference to the authority in sub-paragraph (3) included a reference to the London Residuary Body or (as the case may be) the body established for the metropolitan county by section 57(1)(b) of the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985.

Total expenditure 1986-87

4 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies where before the relevant date a local authority submitted to the Secretary of State an amount which it estimates as its total expenditure in relation to the relevant year.

(2) In doing any of the acts mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) below the Secretary of State shall treat the amount submitted as the amount of the authority’s total expenditure in relation to the relevant year.

(3) 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 relevant year.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above—

(a) if the authority and the Secretary of State agreed before the relevant date an amount to replace any amount submitted, the amount submitted shall be taken to be the amount agreed, and

(b) subject to paragraph (a) above, if more than one amount was submitted before the relevant date, the amount submitted shall be taken to be the latest to be so submitted.

(5) In this paragraph “the relevant year” means the year beginning in 1986.

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

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

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

(7) In this paragraph “the relevant date” means 20th December 1986 in the case of an English authority, or 4th December 1986 in the case of a Welsh authority.

Total expenditure 1986-87 (further provisions)

5 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies where before the relevant date a local authority submitted to the Secretary of State an amount which it estimates as its total expenditure in relation to the year beginning in 1986.

(2) Where, in making any determination or doing any other thing after the passing of this Act for the purposes of any Report as regards which paragraph 1(2) and (3) above apply the Secretary of State wishes to take into account the authority’s total expenditure in relation to the year beginning in 1986, he shall treat the amount submitted as the amount of its total expenditure in relation to that year.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above—

(a) if the authority and the Secretary of State agreed before the relevant date an amount to replace any amount submitted, the amount submitted shall be taken to be the amount agreed, and

(b) subject to paragraph (a) above, if more than one amount was submitted before the relevant date, the amount submitted shall be taken to be the latest to be so submitted.

(4) In this paragraph “the relevant date” means 20th December 1986 in the case of an English authority, or 4th December 1986 in the case of a Welsh authority.

Teachers' remuneration

6 (1) In making any determination or doing any other thing after the passing of this Act for the purposes of any Report as regards which paragraph 1(2) and (3) above apply, the Secretary of State shall leave out of account the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2) The matters are scales and allowances which relate to the remuneration of school teachers and provide for remuneration greater than the aggregate of—

(a) the remuneration in payment in December 1986, and

(b) 375 per cent. of the remuneration mentioned in paragraph (a) above (375 per cent. being the approximate increase in the GDP deflator for 1987-88, as predicted in the Autumn Statement 1986 presented to Parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in November 1986).

(3) In making any determination or doing any other thing after the passing of this Act for the purposes of—

(a) the report mentioned in paragraph 1(4)(b) above or that mentioned in paragraph 1(4)(c) above, or

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

the Secretary of State shall leave out of account the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) below.

(4) The matters are scales and allowances which relate to the remuneration of school teachers and provide for remuneration greater than the remuneration in payment in December 1986.

(5) In this paragraph “school teacher” means—

(a) a teacher in a primary or secondary school maintained by a local education authority, or

(b) a person employed by a local education authority as a teacher in the provision of primary or secondary education, other than a person employed as a teacher in an establishment maintained by a local authority in the exercise of a social services function.

Rateable values 1985-86

7 (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 1985.

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

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

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

(4) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is that which was taken into account in making the last supplementary report made before the passing of this Act for England for the year beginning in 1985.

Rateable values 1986-87

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.

General

9 References in this Schedule to making determinations or doing other things for the purposes of a report include references to making or doing them with a view to the inclusion of anything in a report whether or not the inclusion is required by any enactment.

10 (1) Paragraph 6 above shall have effect subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 above.

(2) Part VI of the 1980 Act shall have effect subject to paragraphs 2 to 8 above.

Section 11.

SCHEDULE 4 Amendments

[1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

1 (1) Section 54 of the 1980 Act shall be amended as mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) In subsection (1) for “in respect of their” there shall be substituted “and the Receiver in respect of”, subsections (5) and (6) shall be omitted, and in subsection (7) the words “for the Metropolitan Police District” and the words from “and to the extent that” to the end shall be omitted.

(3) At the end there shall be inserted—

“(9) In this section “relevant expenditure” in relation to any year means—

(a) the aggregate of all local authorities' relevant expenditure in relation to the year, plus

(b) the Receiver’s total expenditure for the year (within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Finance Act 1982).

(10) But to the extent that, in any year, any expenditure of the Receiver or of a combined police authority is met by any grants mentioned in subsection (7)(a) or (b) above, that expenditure shall be treated for the purposes of this section as relevant expenditure in relation to that year.

(11) In this section “the Receiver” means the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.”

2 (1) Section 56 of the 1980 Act shall be amended as mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) In subsections (6) and (7) for “the total expenditure to be incurred by them during” there shall be substituted “their total expenditure in relation to”.

(3) In subsection (8), in the definition of grant-related expenditure, after “notional” there shall be inserted “total”.

3 In section 58(5) of the 1980 Act after “in their” there shall be inserted “total”.

4 The following shall be substituted for section 65 of the 1980 Act—

“65 Information.

(1) Each local authority shall submit to the Secretary of State in respect of each year, in such form and by such date as he may specify, such of the information mentioned in subsection (2) below as he may from time to time require for the purposes of this Part of this Act, section 8 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982, section 2 of the Rate Support Grants Act 1986 and sections 1 and 2 of the Local Government Finance Act 1987.

(2) The information is information as to the following matters—

(a) the expenditure incurred, or to be incurred, by the authority during the year,

(b) their relevant expenditure in relation to the year,

(c) their total expenditure in relation to the year, and

(d) their accounts for the year.

(3) The information required under subsection (1) above may include any of the following—

(a) what the authority calculate as the amount of expenditure incurred, or likely to be incurred, by them during the year,

(b) what the authority calculate as the amount, or likely amount, of their relevant expenditure in relation to the year,

(c) what the authority calculate as the amount, or likely amount, of their total expenditure in relation to the year,

(d) what the authority calculate as the amount of any addition or subtraction to be made in relation to the year by virtue of any specification under section 3(1) or (7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1987, and

(e) information about the items of account which are likely to be (as well as those which have been) debited or credited to the authority’s accounts for the year.

(4) Where no or no sufficient information as to the matters mentioned in subsection (2) above has been submitted to the Secretary of State in respect of a year,whether under subsection (1) above or otherwise, he may for the purpose of making a supplementary report, an adjustment under section 62 above or an estimate under section 66(1) below make such assumptions as to those matters as he thinks appropriate.

(5) Where any information as to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2) above is submitted to the Secretary of State under subsection (1) above after the date specified by him, or otherwise than under that subsection, he may for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (4) above disregard it if he considers that it is not reasonably practicable to take it into account for that purpose.”

Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982

5 In section 34(2) of the [1982 c. 24.] Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 for the words from “count” to the end there shall be substituted “be treated for the purposes of Part VI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (rate support grant) as relevant expenditure of the authority in relation to the year concerned.”

Local Government Finance Act 1982

6 (1) Section 3 of the [1982 c. 32.] Local Government Finance Act 1982 (substituted rates and precepts) shall be amended as mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) In subsection (4) for “any authority” there shall be substituted “or section 8 of the Local Government Finance Act 1987, any authority to which the duty in section 8(1) of that Act does not apply and”.

(3) In subsections (5) and (7) after “this section” there shall be inserted “or section 8 of the Local Government Finance Act 1987”.

7 In section 8 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 (adjustments of distribution of block grant) the following shall be inserted after subsection (4)—

“(4A) If guidance issued for the purposes of section 59(6)(cc) of the said Act of 1980 is guidance by reference to total expenditure, and if representations in the following behalf are made to the Secretary of State by any association of local authorities or by any local authority, he may—

(a) in the Rate Support Grant Report made for any year under section 60 of that Act, or

(b) in a supplementary report made for any year under section 61 of that Act,

provide that items of any description or amount shall be disregarded in calculating total expenditure for the purposes of the said section 59(6)(cc) and of determining under subsection (3)(c) above whether or the extent to which local authorities have or have not complied (or have or have not taken steps to comply) with the guidance.”

[1984 c. 33.] Rates Act 1984

8 (1) Section 7 of the 1984 Act (certificates of compliance) shall be amended as mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below.

(2) In subsection (1) for “this Part of this Act” there shall be substituted “section 8(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1987”.

(3) In subsections (2) and (3) for “this Part of this Act” there shall be substituted “section 8(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1987”.

(4) In section 7(2) of this Act the words “but not to the provisions of Part I of the 1984 Act” shall have effect subject to this paragraph.

9 In section 19(2) of the 1984 Act for “ , “Rate Support Grant Report” and “total expenditure”” there shall be substituted “and “Rate Support Grant Report””, and after section 19(2) of that Act there shall be inserted—

“(2A) For the purposes of this Act the total expenditure of a local authority in relation to any financial year is the expenditure which is its total expenditure in relation to the year for the purposes of Part VI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 by virtue of section 3 ofthe Local Government Finance Act 1987.”

Local Government Act 1985

10 In paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 15 to the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985 for “section 54(5)” there shall be substituted “Part VI”.

Social Security Act 1986

11 In section 30(10) of the [1986 c. 50.] Social Security Act 1986 for the words from “count” to the end there shall be substituted “be treated for the purposes of Part VI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (rate support grant) as relevant expenditure of the authority in relation to the year.”

General

12 (1) The amendments in paragraphs 6 and 8 above shall have effect only in relation to rates for, and precepts in respect of, the financial year beginning in 1987.

(2) The amendments in paragraph 9 above shall have effect in relation to the financial year beginning in 1988 and subsequent financial years.

(3) The other amendments in this Schedule—

(a) shall have effect in relation to each of the future years, and

(b) shall have effect in relation to each of the intermediate years as regards anything falling to be done after (but not as regards anything done before) the passing of this Act,

to the extent that the provisions amended have effect (apart from this Act) in relation to the future year or intermediate year concerned.

Section 11.

SCHEDULE 5 Repeals

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
The repeals in this Schedule— (a) shall have effect in relation to each of the future years, and (b) shall have effect in relation to each of the intermediate years as regards anything falling to be done after (but not as regards anything done before) the passing of this Act, to the extent that the provisions repealed have effect (apart from this Act) in relation to the future year or intermediate year concerned.
1976 c. 32.	Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976.	Section 8(3).
1980 c. 65.	Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.	In section 54, subsections (5) and (6), in subsection (7) the words “for the Metropolitan Police District” and the words from “and to the extent that” to the end, and in subsection (8) the definition of rate fund.
		In section 56, in subsection (8) the definition of total expenditure, in subsection (10) the words “giving a direction under subsection (8) above or”, and subsection (11).
		Section 68(4).
1982 c. 32.	Local Government Finance Act 1982.	In section 9, subsections (2) and (3).
		In Schedule 2, paragraphs 3 and 9.
1985 c. 51.	Local Government Act 1985.	Section 69(3).
1986 c. 50.	Social Security Act 1986.	In Schedule 10, paragraph 52(2).
1986 c. 54.	Rate Support Grants Act 1986.	In Schedule 1, paragraph 13.