The Greater London Authority (Consolidated Council Tax Requirement Procedure) Regulations 2023

Made: 30th November 2023

Laid before Parliament: 4th December 2023

Coming into force: 10th January 2024

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 10 of Schedule 6 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999[^f00001].

Citation, commencement, extent and application

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Greater London Authority (Consolidated Council Tax Requirement Procedure) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 10th January 2024.

• (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

• (3) These Regulations apply in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2024 only.

Modification of the Greater London Authority Act 1999

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In paragraph 3(4) (draft consolidated budget) of Schedule 6 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999, for “1st February” substitute “15th February”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Simon Hoare — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities — 30th November 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In relation to each financial year, the Greater London Authority (“the Authority”) is required to make the calculations required by section 85 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”), including the calculation of its consolidated council tax requirement.

The procedure for determining the Authority’s consolidated council tax requirement is set out in Schedule 6 to the 1999 Act. As part of that procedure the Mayor is required to prepare and present a draft consolidated budget to the Assembly on or before 1st February in the financial year preceding that to which the consolidated council tax requirement relates (paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 6). If the Mayor fails to comply with this requirement, the responsibility for preparing the draft consolidated budget passes to the Assembly (paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6).

In relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2024, these Regulations modify Schedule 6 so that the Mayor is required to prepare and present a draft consolidated budget to the Assembly on or before 15th February 2024.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1999 c. 29. S.I. 2012/3125, 2013/3178, 2014/3308, 2015/2032, 2016/1248, 2017/1252, 2018/1151, 2019/1435, 2020/1206, 2021/1278 and 2022/1196 made similar modifications in relation to previous financial years.