Localism Bill

129N: Schedule 5, page 280, line 30, after ““than”” insert ““a county council or”” 129P: Schedule 5, page 280, line 34, at end insert— ““(2A) In the case of a major precepting authority that is a county council, any reference in this Chapter to the authority’s relevant basic amount of council tax for a financial year is a reference to the amount that would be calculated by it in relation to the year under section 42B(1) above if section 42A above did not require or permit it to take into account— (a) the amount of any levies— (i) issued to it for the year, or (ii) anticipated by it in pursuance of regulations under section 74 of the 1988 Act, or (b) the amount of any expenditure it estimates it will incur in the year that will be qualifying expenditure in taking steps to give effect to the result of any qualifying local referendum held in an area consisting of the whole of its area.”” 129Q: Schedule 5, page 280, line 38, leave out from ““amount”” to ““(referred”” in line 39 129R: Schedule 5, page 280, line 41, after ““year)”” insert ““that would be calculated by it under section 88(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 if sections 85 and 86 of that Act did not require or permit it— (i) to take into account the amount of any levies issued to a constituent body for the year, (ii) to anticipate, in pursuance of regulations under section 74 of the 1988 Act, the issue of levies to a constituent body, or (iii) to take into account the amount of any expenditure it estimates a constituent body will incur in the year that will be qualifying expenditure in taking steps to give effect to the result of any qualifying local referendum held in an area consisting of the whole of Greater London”” 129S: Schedule 5, page 280, line 42, leave out from ““amount”” to ““(referred”” in line 43 129T: Schedule 5, page 280, line 45, at end insert ““that would be calculated by it under section 89(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 if sections 85 and 86 of that Act did not require or permit it— (i) to take into account the amount of any levies issued to a constituent body for the year, (ii) to anticipate, in pursuance of regulations under section 74 of the 1988 Act, the issue of levies to a constituent body, or (iii) to take into account the amount of any expenditure it estimates a constituent body will incur in the year that will be qualifying expenditure in taking steps to give effect to the result of any qualifying local referendum held in an area consisting of the whole of Greater London”” 129U: Schedule 5, page 281, line 29, at end insert— ““(9) In this section— ““local referendum”” has the meaning given by section 42(1) of the Localism Act 2011; ““qualifying expenditure”” means expenditure in relation to which the prescribed conditions are met; ““qualifying local referendum”” means a local referendum in relation to which the prescribed conditions are met.”” Amendments 129N to 129U agreed. Schedule 5, as amended, agreed. Schedule 6 agreed. Clauses 60 to 66 agreed. Schedule 7 agreed. Clause 67 agreed. Clause 68 : Duty to consider expression of interest Amendment 129V Clause 68 : Duty to consider expression of interest Amendment 129V Moved by