Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

68 Rate support grant-supplementary

(1) In this Part of this Act "year" means a period of 12 months beginning with 1st April.

(2) In section 10(2) of the [1974 c. 7.] Local Government Act 1974 the following definition shall be substituted for the definition of " prescribed " : —

• prescribed " means prescribed by a Rate Support Grant Report made under section 60 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 or by a supplementary report made under section 61 of that Act;.

(3) In section 6 of the [1975 c. 67.] Housing Finance (Special Provisions) Act 1975 (which among other things prevents certain sums charged to the general rate fund being taken into account in calculations of rate support grants)—

(a) in subsection (3), for the words "section 1(4) of the Local Government Act 1974 " there shall be substituted the words " section 54(5) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 " ; and

(b) in subsection (4), for the words from " shall not be included " to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words " shall be disregarded ".

(4) The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (3) of section 8 of the [1976 c. 32.] Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (proceeds of local lotteries): —

“(3) The payment by a local authority out of their rate fund, within the meaning of subsection (8) of section 54 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, of money accruing from a local lottery shall not be relevant expenditure within the meaning of subsection (5) of that section.”.

(5) In section 31(7) of the [1980 c. 20.] Education Act 1980 (which relates to recoupment between education authorities in respect of the cost of further education) for the words " paragraph 3A of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Act 1974 " there shall be substituted the words " paragraph 6 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 ".

(6) In section 117 (3) of the [1980 c. 51.] Housing Act 1980 for the words " section 1 of the Local Government Act 1974 " there shall be substituted the words " section 54 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 ".

(7) Any power to amend regulations made under Part I of the [1974 c. 7.] Local Government Act 1974 or section 32 of the Education Act 1980 shall include power to make any such amendments in the regulations as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of sections 53 to 68 above.

(8) The amendments made by subsections (2) to (6) above shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(9) This Part of this Act extends to England and Wales only.