Statutory Instruments
COMMUNITY CHARGES, ENGLAND AND WALES
Approved by the House of Commons
Made
21st May 1991
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
Whereas the Secretary of State for the Environment has, pursuant to subsection (1) of section 100 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, designated each of the charging authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order and has, pursuant to subsection (2) of that section, designated the precepting authority named in Schedule 2 to this Order as regards the financial year beginning with 1st April 1991:
And whereas the Secretary of State has notified each of those authorities in writing pursuant to section 102(1) of that Act of his decision so to designate it, the principles determined under section 100(4) of that Act in relation to it, and the amount which he proposed should be the maximum for the amount calculated by it in relation to that year under section 95(4) of that Act, or the maximum for the aggregate amount of precepts issued by it for that year (as the case may be) ;
And whereas each of the authorities listed in the Schedules to this Order has informed the Secretary of State by notice in writing under section 102(5)(a) of that Act that, for the reasons stated in the notice, it believes the maximum amount stated under section 102(1)(c) of that Act should be such as the authpority has stated in its notice ;
And whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the House of Commons;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, after considering all such information as he thinks is relevant, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 104(2), (5) and (9) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Charge Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the day on which it is made.
2. In this Order "the Act" means the Local Government Finance Act 1988.
3. The amount which the amount calculated by an authority listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, in relation to the year beginning with 1st April 1991, under section 95(4) of the Act is not to exceed is the amount shown against the name of the authority in that Schedule, which amount does not in the case of any such authority exceed the amount already calculated by the authority in relation to that year under the said section 94(4).
4. The amount which the aggregate amount of precepts issued by the authority named in Schedule 2 to this Order for the year beginning with 1st April 1991 is not to exceed is the amount shown in that Schedule, which amount does not exceed the aggregate amount of precepts already issued by the authority for that year.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
21st May 1991
Article 3
The Council of the District of Basildon | £22,100,000 |
The Council of the City of Bristol | £54,900,000 |
The Council of the Borough of Ipswich | £16,000,000 |
The Council of the London Borough of Lambeth | £311,100,000 |
The Council of the City of Norwich | £15,000,000 |
The Council of the City of Stoke-on-Trent | £25,800,000 |
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral | £238,300,000 |
Article 4
The Council of the County of Warwickshire | £275,100,000 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order states the amount which the amount calculated by each of the Councils of the Borough of Ipswich, the Cities of Bristol, Norwich and Stoke-on-Trent, the District of Basildon, the London Borough of Lambeth and the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in relation to the chargeable financial year beginning with 1st April 1991 under section 95(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 is not to exceed. It also states the amount which the aggregate amount of precepts issued by the Council of the County of Warwickshire for that year is not to exceed.