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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
 
I, Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy
City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance, Support Services and
Regeneration, in exercise of the powers contained within the
Council Constitution, do hereby
approve that the payment of precepts in 2026/27, should be made in
twelve equal instalments on the 20th of each month (or
on the first working day thereafter if the 20th falls on
a weekend or on a bank holiday) as follows:
 
Monday                     
20 April 2026
Wednesday              
20 May 2026
Monday                     
22 June 2026
Monday                     
20 July 2026
Thursday                  
20 August 2026
Monday                     
21 September 2026
Tuesday                    
20 October 2026
Friday                        
20 November 2026
Monday                     
21 December 2026
Wednesday              
20 January 2027
Monday                     
22 February 2027
Monday                     
22 March 2027
 
The Reasons are:
The Council is required to agree with precepting
authorities a schedule of instalments each year for payments from
the Collection Fund to those authorities.
 
Options considered and
rejected were: N/A - the dates are in
accordance with the general agreement across Greater Manchester
Authorities.
 
Assessment of
Risk: Low
 
Source of
funding: Revenue resources
 
Legal Advice
obtained: Suppled by Jeanette Williams,
Principal Solicitor
 
Regulation 4(1) of the Local Authorities (Funds) (England)
Regulations 1992 places a statutory duty on billing authorities to
set a schedule of instalments for payments to major precepting
authorities and the general fund for each financial
year.
This schedule must be determined before 31 January of the
preceding year and comply with the default rules in Schedule 1,
unless an alternative arrangement is agreed by all major precepting
authorities.
Failure to establish the instalment schedule on time or in
accordance with the Regulations constitute a breach of statutory
obligations, which may lead to audit criticism, financial disputes
with precepting bodies, and potential intervention by the Secretary
of State. The Council must therefore ensure timely compliance to
avoid legal and governance risks.
 
Financial
Advice:The report is produced by the corporate
accountancy team.
 
Procurement
Advice: N/A
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process.

Local Authority
(Funds) (England) Regulations 1992

 
Contact Officer:
     David
Eden              
e-mail: david.eden@salford.gov.uk
 
This decision is not subject to
consideration by another Lead Member.
 
The appropriate scrutiny panel
to call-in the decision is the Overview and Scrutiny
Board.
 
 

Signed: Councillor Jack Youd       
Dated:
06.01.26
Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Finance, Support Services
and Regeneration
 

 
This decision was published on
06.01.26
 
This decision will come into force at
4.00 p.m. on 13.01.26 unless it
is called-in in accordance with the decision-making process
rules.