SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 7BLocal retention of non-domestic rates

Part 9Pooling of authorities

Effect of designation in relation to Part 7

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(1)

Regulations under paragraph 22, 25 or 28 (levy payments, safety net payments and safety net payments on account) may provide for a pool of authorities to be treated as a relevant authority for the purposes of the regulations.

(2)

Such regulations may, in particular, make provision—

(a)

that is similar to provision which may be made under the paragraph in question apart from sub-paragraph (1) above, or

(b)

that applies such provision with modifications.

(3)

Where regulations under paragraph 22 apply to a pool of authorities for a year, paragraphs 23 and 24 (calculation and making of levy payments) apply in relation to the authorities and the year as if references in them to a relevant authority were to the pool.

(4)

Where regulations under paragraph 25 apply to a pool of authorities for a year, paragraphs 26 and 27 (calculation and making of safety net payments) apply in relation to the authorities and the year as if references in them to a relevant authority were to the pool.

(5)

Where a designation of a pool of authorities has effect for a year, paragraph 30 (distribution of remaining balance) applies in relation to the pool as if—

(a)

the authorities in the pool were not relevant authorities, but

(b)

the pool were itself a relevant authority.

(6)

Regulations under paragraph 30 may provide for a pool of authorities to be treated as a relevant authority for the purposes of the regulations.

(7)

This paragraph does not prevent—

(a)

regulations under paragraph 22, 25, 28 or 30 from also making provision in relation to the individual authorities in a pool,

(b)

the Secretary of State from making calculations under paragraph 23, 26 or 30(3) based on such regulations in relation to each of those authorities, or

(c)

the Secretary of State from notifying the results of the calculations to each of those authorities.

(8)

But paragraphs 24, 27 and 30(6) (payments following calculations) do not apply in relation to such calculations.