1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7th February 2003.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2003 and in relation to authorities in England only(1).
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
The power to make regulations under sections 32(9), 33(4), 43(7) and 44(4) in relation to Wales transferred from the Secretary of State to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2(a) of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672): see the entry in Schedule 1 for the Local Government Finance Act 1992.