The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003

SUMS TO BE TREATED AS CAPITAL RECEIPTS E+W

Repayment of loan etc. to a local authority E+W

7.—(1) For the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 (capital finance etc), the sums referred to in paragraph (2), paid on or after 1st April 2004, shall be treated as capital receipts.

(2) Subject to [F1 paragraphs (3) and (4)], the sums referred to for the purposes of paragraph (1) are sums paid to a local authority as repayment of any loan, grant or other financial assistance given by the local authority for such a purpose that, if the giving of that financial assistance had been expenditure incurred at the time of the repayment, it would have constituted capital expenditure(1).

(3) Where the financial assistance referred to in paragraph (2) is a loan given by a parish council or charter trustees, any sums paid to the local authority as repayment of that loan shall not be treated as capital receipts.

[F2 (4) A sum paid to a local authority to redeem a bond on its maturity or for the purchase of a bond does not constitute repayment of a loan or other financial assistance.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 7(2) substituted (1.4.2012) by The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/265), regs. 1(3), 5(1)(a) (with reg. 1(4))

F2 Reg. 7(4) inserted (1.4.2012) by The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/265), regs. 1(3), 5(1)(b) (with reg. 1(4))

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 1.1.2004 for specified purposes and 1.4.2004 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(1)

[F3 Bonds E+W

7A.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1, a sum received by a local authority in respect of—

(a) the redemption on maturity of a bond, or

(b) the disposal of a bond,

must be treated as a capital receipt.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies only if—

(a) the acquisition of the bond was prior to 1st April 2012, and

(b) expenditure on the acquisition was treated as capital expenditure.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Reg. 7A substituted (1.4.2012) by The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/265), regs. 1(3), 5(2) (with reg. 1(4))

Disposal of mortgage portfolio E+W

8.  For the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1, a sum received by a local authority on or after 1st April 2004 in respect of the disposal of the authority’s rights and obligations as mortgagee of any housing land which, apart from this regulation, would not be a capital receipt, shall be treated as a capital receipt.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 8 in force at 1.1.2004 for specified purposes and 1.4.2004 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(1)

Payment made to redeem landlord’s share E+W

9.  For the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1, where an interim or final payment is made to a local authority, on or after 1st April 2004, in accordance with Schedule 6A to the Housing Act 1985 (redemption of landlord’s share)(2), the sum received by the authority shall be treated as a capital receipt if, apart from this regulation, it would not be a capital receipt.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 9 in force at 1.1.2004 for specified purposes and 1.4.2004 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(1)

Social HomeBuy receipts E+W

F4 9A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Reg. 9A omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/711), regs. 1(2), 5 (with reg. 10)

[F5 Securitisation transaction receipts E+W

9B.   For the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1, any sum received as consideration by a local authority as the result of a securitisation transaction which, apart from this regulation, would not be a capital receipt, must be treated as a capital receipt.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Reg. 9B inserted (1.4.2012) by The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/265), regs. 1(3), 6 (with reg. 1(4))

(1)

See section 16 (“capital expenditure”) and regulations 25 and 26.

(2)

1985 c. 68; Schedule 6A was inserted by section 117(2) of, and Schedule 16 to, the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28). There are amendments to Schedule 6A that are not relevant to these Regulations.