Rate Limitation (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1985/256 |
| Year | 1985 |
1985 No. 256
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Rate Limitation (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 198526thFebruary 1985
28thFebruary 1985
Whereas in a report laid before the House of Commons on 24th July 1984(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 1985;
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 (Prescribed Maximum) (Rates) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 28th February 1985.
(a) See the Rate Limitation Report 1984 HC 589.
(b) 1984 c. 33.
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.
Prescription of maximum rates
3. There is hereby prescribed under section 1 of the Act, for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1985, as the maximum rate for an authority listed in the Schedule to this order, the amount there set against the name of the authority.
Article 3
SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM RATES
City of Sheffield Metropolitan District Council 207.07p
Basildon District Council 50.33p
City of Lecicester District Council 25.22p
Borough of Thamesdown District Council 57.22p
The Council of the London Borough of Camden 92.02p
The Council of the London Borough of Greenwich 96.42p
The Council of the London Borough of Hackney 147.18p
The Council of the London Borough of Islington 112.07p
The Council of the London Borough of Lambeth 107.57p
The Council of the London Borough of Lewisham 99.66p
The Council of the London Borough of...To continue reading
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