Section 34 — Local Government Finance Act 1988: Power to set substituted amounts.

Power to set substituted amounts. 34 1 An authority which has set an amount or amounts for a financial year under section 32 above, this section or section 35 below may set an amount or amounts in substitution.

2 Any amount set in substitution under this section—

a must be set in accordance with sections 32 and 33 above, ignoring section 32(2) for this purpose, and b if set by a special authority as a result of its having set a multiplier in substitution under paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 below, must be set by reference to the multiplier set in substitution.

3 No amount may be set in substitution under this section if it would be greater than that for which it is substituted, except as provided by subsection (4) below.

4 Any amount set in substitution under this section may be greater than that for which it is substituted (the old amount) if the setting of the old amount has been quashed because of a failure to fulfil section 32(3) or 33(2) above , or if the amount is set by a special authority as a result of its having set a multiplier in substitution under paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 below. .