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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure) (Relevant Population) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
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For the purposes of section 137(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the relevant population of the area of an authority specified in column (1) of the Table below shall be determined in relation to that authority by reference to column (2).

(1) (2)
An English district council, a London borough council, a Welsh county council, a Welsh district council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly The figure calculated before 12th March 1990 under paragraph 4 of Schedule 12A to the 1988 Act as the relevant population of the area of the authority for the financial year beginning in 1990
An English non-metropolitan county council The aggregate of the relevant population figure for the area of each district council within the county, calculated as mentioned above
The Common Council 150,000
A parish or community council The number of local government electors for the area of the authority on the first day of the financial year in question.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
David Hunt
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
12th March 1990Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
12th March 1990