The Charge Limitation (England) (Maximum Amount) (No. 3) Order 1990

Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 1437

COMMUNITY CHARGES, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Charge Limitation (England) (Maximum Amount) (No. 3) Order 1990

Made

12th July 1990

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

Whereas the Secretary of State for the Environment, being of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of section 100 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(1) in respect of each of the charging authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, and being of the opinion mentioned in subsection (2)(a) of that section in respect of each of the precepting authorities listed in Schedule 2 to this Order, has pursuant to that section designated each such authority as regards the financial year beginning with 1st April 1990;

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 authority 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:

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Charge Limitation (England) (Maximum Amount) (No. 3) Order 1990 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order “the Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

Maximum amounts

3.  The amount which the amount calculated by an authority shown in Schedule 1 to this Order in relation to the year beginning with 1st April 1990 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 95(4).

4.  The amount which the aggregate amount of precepts issued by an authority shown in Schedule 2 to this Order for the year beginning with 1st April 1990 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 aggregate amount of precepts already issued by the authority for that year.

Chris Patten

Secretary of State for the Environment

12th July 1990

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 MAXIMUM AMOUNTS-CHARGING AUTHORITIES

The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley	£132,000,000
The Council of the London Borough of Brent	£244,200,000
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale	£125,400,000
The Council of the London Borough of Greenwich	£203,000,000
The Council of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham	£155,800,000
The Council of the London Borough of Haringey	£206,500,000
The Council of the London Borough of Islington	£185,800,000
The Council of the London Borough of Lambeth	£285,100,000
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside	£122,900,000
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale	£144,000,000
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham	£157,500,000
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens	£122,800,000
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark	£229,400,000
The Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan	£192,600,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 MAXIMUM AMOUNTS-PRECEPTING AUTHORITIES

The Council of the County of Avon	£507,100,000
The Council of the County of Derbyshire	£520,600,000 2

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order states the amount which the amount calculated by each of the charging authorities listed in Schedule 1 to the Order in relation to the chargeable financial year beginning with 1st April 1990 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 each of the precepting authorities listed in Schedule 2 for that year is not to exceed.

(1)

1988 c. 41.