Transitional provision about budget requirement5
1
For the purposes of section 54(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 19927 and the financial year beginning on 1st April 1995 only —
a
a new police authority shall be regarded as the same authority as the police authority which it supersedes (the relevant old police authority), and
b
the budget requirement of the relevant old police authority shall be regarded as being the budget requirement of the new police authority.
2
In paragraph (1) above, “budget requirement of the relevant old police authority” means —
a
where the relevant old police authority is a joint police authority, the budget requirement of that authority;
b
where the relevant old police authority is a committee of the council of a county constituted in accordance with section 2 of the 1964 Act, the portion of the budget requirement of that county attributable to the functions of that committee;
c
where the relevant old police authority is for a combined area constituted in accordance with section 3 of the 1964 Act, the sum of the portions of the budget requirements of the constituent councils of that authority attributable to the functions of that authority.