Rate Limitation (Designation of Authorities) (Exemption) (Wales) Order 1987

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1987/786
Year1987

1987 No. 786

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Rate Limitation (Designation of Authorities) (Exemption) (Wales) Order 1987

Made 22th April 1987

Laid before the House of Commons 5th May 1987

Coming into force 26th May 1987

Whereas the total of relevant expenditure for local authorities in Wales as estimated for the purposes of the Welsh Rate Support Grant Report 1986/871was greater than that total as estimated for the purposes of the Welsh Rate Support Grant Report 1985/862by 5·48%;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(3) and (8) of the Rates Act 19843, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

Title, commencement and application
S-1 Title, commencement and application

Title, commencement and application

1. This order may be cited as the Rate Limitation (Designation of Authorities) (Exemption) (Wales) Order 1987, and shall come into force on 26th May 1987. It applies to Wales only.

Exemption from Designation

Exemption from Designation

S-2 The amount of £11·1 million is hereby substituted for the...

2. The amount of £11·1 million is hereby substituted for the amount of £10·5 million specified in section 2(2)(a) of the Rates Act 1984.

S-3 The Rate Limitation (Designation of Authorities) (Exemption)...

3. The Rate Limitation (Designation of Authorities) (Exemption) (Wales) Order 19854, which specifies the amount of £10·5 million, is revoked.

Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

22nd April 1987

(This note is not part of the order)

Section 2(1) of the Rates Act 1984 provides that an authority in whose case a maximum rate or precept is to be prescribed in any financial year is to be designated by the Secretary of State in the preceding financial year.

Section 2(2)(a) of the Act exempts an authority in Wales from designation in any financial year if its total expenditure for that financial year does not appear to the Secretary of State to be likely to exceed its grant-related expenditure, or £10.5 million, whichever is the greater.

Section 2(3) of the Act provides that, if the total of relevant expenditure (as estimated for the purposes of the Rate Support Grant Report for each financial year) changes from one year to the next, the Secretary of State shall substitute for the amount for the time being specified in section 2(2)(a) of the Act a proportionately greater or smaller amount, rounded to the nearest...

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