[F152C Alternative notional amounts.E+W
(1)The [F2Welsh Ministers] may make a report specifying in relation to—
(a)any year under consideration (within the meaning of section 52B above), and
(b)any authority,
an amount which in [F3their] opinion should be used as the basis of any comparison in applying that section in place of the amount calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for a financial year falling before the year under consideration.
(2)References in this section to the alternative notional amount are to the amount so specified.
(3)A report under this section—
(a)may relate to two or more authorities;
(b)may be amended by a subsequent report under this section;
(c)shall contain such explanation as the [F4Welsh Ministers think] desirable of the calculation by [F5them] of the alternative notional amount;
(d)shall be laid before the [F6National Assembly for Wales].
(4)If a report under this section is approved by resolution of the [F7National Assembly for Wales] section 52B above shall have effect, as regards the year under consideration and any authority to which the report relates, as if the reference in subsection (4) to the amount calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for a financial year falling before the year under consideration were to the alternative notional amount for the year so falling.]
Textual Amendments
F1Chapter 4A (ss. 52A-52Z) inserted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 30(2) of the amending Act.) by 1999 c. 27, s. 30(1), Sch. 1 para. 1
F2Words in s. 52C(1) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(2)(a); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)
F3Word in s. 52C(1) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(2)(b); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)
F4Words in s. 52C(3)(c) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(a)(i); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)
F5Word in s. 52C(3)(c) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(a)(ii); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)
F6Words in s. 52C(3)(d) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(b); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)
F7Words in s. 52C(4) substituted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(4); S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(i)