95 Minimum budget for [Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime]

95  Minimum budget for [Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime]

(1)     This section applies where the Authority—

(a)     has made calculations in relation to a financial year in accordance with sections 85 to 90 above and sections 47 and 48 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, or

(b)     has made substitute calculations in relation to a financial year in accordance with sections 85, 86 and 88 to 90 above and Schedule 7 to this Act and sections 47 and 48 of that Act,

but it appears to the Secretary of State that the [Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime], in order to restore or maintain an efficient and effective police force for its area, requires a greater component [council tax] requirement than that previously calculated under section 85 above.

(2)     Where this section applies, the Secretary of State may direct the Authority that there must be a component [council tax] requirement for the [Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime] for the year which is not less than such amount as may be specified in the direction.

[(2A)     But the Secretary of State may not give a direction to the Authority under subsection

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