
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 7th February 1998.
(2) In these Regulations “the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
(3) These Regulations have effect in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1998.
2 
For subsection (12) of section 32 of the 1992 Act there shall be substituted the following subsection—“
(12) In this section and section 33 below—
 “police grant” means so much of the grant payable in accordance with paragraph 3.1 of the relevant police grant report as excludes the amounts shown in columns (b) and (c) of the Table set out below that paragraph;
 “relevant special grant” means any of the following grants, that is to say—
(i) the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of the special grant report for England (Special Grant Report (No. 31)) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 5th February 1998; and
(ii) the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 7 of that special grant report;and in this subsection “the relevant police grant report” means the police grant report (The Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1998/99) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 46 of the Police Act 1996 on 4th February 1998.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
5th February 1998Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
6th February 1998