Rate Limitation (Councils in England) (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 1989

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1989/228

1989 No. 228

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Rate Limitation (Councils in England) (Prescribed Maximum)

(Rates) Order 1989

22ndFebruary 1989

28thFebruary 1989

Whereas in a report laid before the House of Commons on 7th July 1988 (a) the authorities listed in the Schedule to this Order were designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 2 of the Rates Act 1984 (b) in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1989;

And whereas the Secretary of State has served notice on each of those authorities pursuant to section 4(1) of that Act stating the maximum which he proposes to prescribe under section 1 of that Act for the rate made by them for that year;

And whereas none of those authorities has accepted the maximum proposed by the Secretary of State within the period specified in the notice or agreed with him a different maximum;

And whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 4(4) of the Rates Act 1984 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Title and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Rate Limitation (Councils in England) (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 28th February 1989.

Interpretation

2. In this Order-

"the Act" means the Rates Act 1984; and

"the maximum rate" means a maximum amount in the pound for the rate exclusive of any part of the rate mentioned in section 1(4) of the Act.


(a) See the Rate Limitation (Councils in England) Report 1988 HC 571.
(b) 1984 c.33. Section 2(2)(a) was amended, as regards England, by the Rate Limitation (Designation of Authorities) (Exemption) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/729).

Prescription of maximum rates

3. There is hereby prescribed under section 1 of the Act, for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1989, as the maximum rate for an authority listed in the Schedule to this Order, the amount there set against the name of the authority.

Nicholas Ridley

22nd February 1989

Secretary of State for the Environment

Article 3

SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM RATES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes maximum rates for the authorities listed in the Schedule to the Order for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1989. In each case the maximum is shown against the name of...

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