[Part 4 Payments by Billing Authorities to Major Precepting Authorities]

[Part 4 Payments by Billing Authorities to Major Precepting Authorities]

[Regulations about payments

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(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring billing authorities in England to make payments for a year to major precepting authorities in England.

(2)     The regulations must provide that a billing authority is not required to make a payment for a year unless the local government finance report for the year has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons.

(3)     The regulations may, in particular, make provision as to—

(a)     the billing authorities that are required to make payments under the regulations;

(b)     the major precepting authorities that are entitled to receive payments under the regulations;

(c)     the amounts of the payments that are required to be made.

(4)     The regulations may, in particular, make provision for the amount of a payment to be made by a billing authority for a year to be such proportion of its non-domestic rating income for the year as is specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations.

(5)     For the purposes of this paragraph, an authority's “non-domestic rating income†has the

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