Section A20 — Local Government Finance Act 1988: Interpretation

Interpretation A20 1 In this Part—

a “ the consumer prices index ” means the general index of consumer prices (for all items) published by the Statistics Board or, if that index is not published for a relevant month, any substituted index or index figures published by the Board;

b “the base month” for the consumer prices index for September of a particular year is the month for which the consumer prices index is taken to be 100 and by reference to which the index for the September in question is calculated.

2 In this Part “revaluation year means a chargeable financial year at the beginning of which new lists must be compiled (see sections 41ZA(3) and 52ZA(3)).