ConsultationE+W
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.E+W
(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.