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Local Government Finance Act 1988
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Changes on 2006-05-26
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@
- (b) apart from section 117 below would have in respect of the financial year beginning in 1990 power (conferred by or under an Act passed before, or in the same session as, this Act) to issue a precept to, make a levy on or have its expenses paid by a county council or charging authority, and
- (c) is not a precepting authority, combined police authority, or combined fire authority .
- (c) is not a precepting authority, combined police authority or combined fire authority .
- (2) Whereas a levying body has (by virtue of section 117 below) no such power under the Act concerned in respect of a chargeable financial year, the Secretary of State may make regulations conferring on each levying body power to issue to the council concerned and in accordance with the regulations a levy (to be so called) in respect of any chargeable financial year.
@@ -7674,7 +7674,7 @@
## Part IV — Scotland
#### Persons subject to personal community charge.
#### The charges.
##### 13A
@@ -7738,7 +7738,7 @@
- (3) Personal information is information which relates to an individual (living or dead) who can be identified from that information or from that and other information supplied to any person by the registration officer; and personal information includes any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of any person in respect of the individual.
#### Setting of different amounts.
#### Amount for personal community charges.
##### 35A
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##### 75A
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Interpretation.
##### 78A
@@ -8164,11 +8164,11 @@
This Part does not apply to a Welsh county council or county borough council (for whom provision as to the establishment of a council fund is made by section 38 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994).
#### Regulations about funds.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Financial administration as to certain authorities.
#### Other transfers between funds.
#### Power to designate authorities.
#### Interpretation.
##### 114A
@@ -8280,7 +8280,7 @@
- (11) In subsection (8)(b)(ii) above “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in England.
#### Rating of statutory water undertakings.
#### Valuation according to tone of list.
##### 139A
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- (3) In relation to a registrar of births and deaths, an appropriate charging authority is a charging authority whose area includes all or part of, or falls within, the registrar’s sub-district.
#### Separate administration in England and Wales.
#### Information.
##### 13A
@@ -10773,6 +10773,8 @@
[^key-3348802f4214cac6157d460a7254146c]: Sch. 11 para. 10A applied (W.) (15.2.2006) by [The Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3364)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3364), [regs. 1(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3364/regulation/1/4), [42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3364/regulation/42/3)
[^key-058d03eaff8b36043db4eeb18a9da41a]: S. 74 modified (26.5.2006) by [Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/5), [ss. 5(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/5/section/5/10), [12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/5/section/12); [S.I. 2006/1403](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1403), [art. 2(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1403/article/2/2/e)
[^M_F_936f94b1-b781-42f2-9cda-44015dcf93e1]: Words substituted by [Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/42), [s. 139](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/42/section/139), [Sch. 5 para. 26(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/42/schedule/5/paragraph/26/3)
These repeals shall have effect for financial years beginning in or after 1990.
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These repeals shall have effect for financial years beginning in or after 1990.
These repeals shall have effect for financial years beginning in or after 1990.
These repeals shall have effect for financial years beginning in or after 1990, but subject to any saving under section 117(8) above.
2006-02-15
Local Government Finance Act 1988
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