Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) This Order—
(a)may be cited as the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2014;
(b)comes into force on the day after the day in which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons, provided that the time condition in paragraph (2) is met; and
(c)applies in relation to England only.
(2) The “time condition” is that the approval of the Order must be given before the approval by the House of Commons of the local government finance report for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2014.
Non-domestic rating multiplier
2. For the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988, B is specified as 249 for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2014.
Anne Milton
Sam Gyimah
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th January 2014