Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Relevant Population (England) (Amend ment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 31st January 1992.

Amendments

2. The Relevant Population (England) Regulations 1990(2) shall have effect in relation to financial yearsbeginning on or after 1st April 1992 with the following amendments inparagraph 3 of the Schedule:

(a)for sub-paragraph (2) (b) and (ba) there shall be substituted the following:

"(b)P is the number of persons shown in the charging authority'sregister on 10th September in the preceding year as subject on 3rd Junein that preceding year to a personal community charge in respect of aresidence in the relevant part of the authority's area who were notshown in the charging authority's register on that 10th September asundertaking a full time course of education on that 3rd June;

(ba)PS is the number of persons shown in the charging authority'sregister on 10th September in the preceding year as both subject on 3rd June in that preceding year to a personal community charge in respect of a residence in the relevant part of the authority's area and undertakinga full time course of education on that 3rd June;";

(b)for sub-paragraph (2) (c), there shall be substituted the following:

"(c)PJ is the authority's estimate of the number of persons, otherthan those mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) (ca) below, who were not on 10th September in the preceding year shown in the authority's registeras subject on 3rd June in that preceding year to a personal communitycharge in respect of a residence in the relevant part of the authority'sarea, but who as a result of the order will on 1st April in the year besubject to a personal community charge in respect of a residence in thatpart;

(ca)PJS is the authority's estimate of the number of persons whowere not on 10th September in the preceding year shown in the authority's register as subject on 3rd June in that preceding year to apersonal community charge in respect of a residence in the relevant partof the authority's area, but who will as a result of the order on 1st April in the year be subject to a personal community charge in respectof a residence in that part and will be undertaking a full time courseof education on that day;

(cb)PL and PLS have the same meanings as in paragraphs 2(1) (d) and (e) respectively;

(cc)WJ, WJS, WL and WLS have the same meanings as PJ, PJS, PL andPLS in sub-paragraph (c) to (cb) above respectively, with the modification that references in the definitions of the latter terms tothe relevant part of an authority's area shall be construed asreferences to the authority's areas as a whole.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Relevant Population (England) Regulations 1990, which contain the rules for calculating the relevantpart of a charging authority's area where this needs to be found for the purposes of section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (precepted authorities). (Section 69 was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.)

The amendments relate to the cases where the relevant part of the authority's area is the entire part of that authority's area lyingeither within or without the Metropolitan Police District. Theamendments are required to ensure that the rules applicable areconsistent with the rules for calculating the relevant population forthe whole of a charging authority's area as contained in the PopulationReport (England) (No. 3) made by the Secretary of State on 20th January 1992.