Section 52ZU: Directions to the Greater London Authority, Local Government Finance Act 1992

This section applies if the Secretary of State gives a direction under section 52ZR above to the Greater London Authority.

The direction must specify the amount that is to be the component council tax requirement for the relevant constituent body for the year.

The Greater London Authority must make calculations in substitution in relation to the financial year under subsections (4) to (7) of section 85 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 in relation to—

the relevant constituent body alone, or

the relevant constituent body and one or more other constituent bodies.

Subsection (5) below applies if the result of the substitute calculations is such that—

there is an increase in the Greater London Authority's consolidated council tax requirement for the year, or

there is no such increase, but the results of the calculations in substitution made in accordance with sections 85, 86 and 88 to 90 of and Schedule 7 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and sections 47 and 48 above would be different from the last relevant calculations in relation to the year.

The Greater London Authority must make calculations in substitution in accordance with the provisions mentioned in subsection (4)(b) above.

In subsection (4)(b) above "the last relevant calculations" means the last calculations made by the Greater London Authority in relation to the financial year in accordance with—

sections 85 to 90 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and sections 47 and 48 above, or

sections 85, 86 and 88 to 90 of and Schedule 7 to that Act and sections 47 and 48 above.

None of the substitute calculations is to have any effect if—

the amount calculated under section 85(6) or (7) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 for the relevant constituent body is not in compliance with the direction,

there is an increase in the Greater London Authority's consolidated council tax requirement for the financial year (as last calculated) which exceeds the increase required to be made to the component council tax requirement for the relevant constituent body (as last calculated for the year) to comply with the direction, or

in making the calculations under section 88(2) or 89(3) of that Act, the Authority fails to comply with subsection (8) below.

In making substitute calculations under section 88(2) or 89(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 the Greater London Authority must use any amount determined in the previous calculations for item T in section 88(2) of that Act or for item TP2 in section 89(4) of that Act.

Subsections (7)(c) and (8) above do not apply if the previous calculations have been quashed because of a failure to comply with the appropriate Greater London provisions in making the calculations.

For the purposes of subsection (9) above "the appropriate Greater London provisions" means—

in the case of calculations required to be made in accordance with sections 85 to 90 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and sections 47 and 48 above, those provisions, and

in the case of calculations required to be made in accordance with sections 85, 86 and 88 to 90 of and Schedule 7 to that Act and sections 47 and 48 above, those provisions.

Any substitute calculations under this section are to be made in accordance with Schedule 7 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

In this Part—

"component council tax requirement" has the meaning given by section 85(6) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
"consolidated council tax requirement" has the meaning given by section 85(8) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;
"the relevant constituent body", in relation to a direction under section 52ZR above, means the constituent body by reference to which the direction was given (or, if there is more than one such body, each of them).

Section 52ZU: Directions to the Greater London Authority

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