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F12Act repealed (prosp.) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), ss. 117(2), 119(2)(e), Sch.14 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4) and saving in s. 118(3) and subject to a saving for Sch. 2 para. 7A (16.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1780, art. 2 and subject to amendments (11.6.1996) by 1995 c. 18, s. 41(4), Sch. 2 para. 10; S.I. 1996/1509, art. 2, Sch. and (29.11.1999 for specified purposes, otherwise prosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 15; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2) (subject to transitional provisions in Schs. 21-23)
The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.4.1992) as regards Sch. 1 para. 19 by S.I. 1992/818, para. 2(b), Sch.
The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.10.1992) as regards ss. 3A, 9, 10(7A), 11B, 28, Sch. 2 paras. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 5 paras. 2-5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25 by S.I. 1992/2183, art. 2(d), Sch. (with savings in art. 3)
The repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) was brought into force (1.4.1993) as regards ss. 1-7, 14, 18(2A), 20(10), 25(1)(3), words in s. 26(1), ss. 26(2), 27, 33, Sch. 1, Sch. 3 paras. 1-4, 5(1), 7, Sch. 5 paras. 1, 6, 12, 13, 16, 19A, 20, 22-24, 26-49 by S.I. 1993/575, art. 2, Sch. (with savings in arts. 4, 5(b))
(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, any person [F1who is, at any time in a financial year—
(a)aged 18 or over;
(b)solely or mainly resident in the area of a local authority; and
(c)not exempt from liability under subsection (8) below,
shall be liable to pay, in respect of that time,] the personal community charge determined by that authority in respect of that year.
[F2(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, and subsection (8) below, a person’s liability to pay the personal community charge in respect of any time in a financial year shall subsist until the date on which the deletion of the entry in the register in respect of such liability takes effect.]
(4)For the purposes of this section, a person undertaking a full-time course of eduction shall be regarded as being solely or mainly resident in the area of the local authority in which he is resident during term time for the purpose of undertaking the course, until he ceases to undertake the course.
(5)A person undertaking a full-time course of education shall, in respect of the period beginning when he undertakes the course and ending when he ceases to do so, be liable for only such percentage as may be prescribed of the amount of the personal community charge for which he would otherwise be liable.
[F3(5A)The Secretary of State may, by regulations made under this subsection—
(a)require such educational establishments as may be prescribed to supply, in such manner and at such time as may be prescribed, to every person undertaking or about to undertake a full time course of education provided by the establishment a certificate containing such particulars as may be prescribed;
(b)require such educational establishments as may be prescribed to supply to the registration officer within such period (being not less than 21 days) as may be prescribed such information as the registration officer may reasonably require for the purposes of the exercise of his functions under this Act, being information which is in the possession or control of the establishment.]
(6)The—
(a)meanings of [F4“educational establishment”,]“full-time course of education”, “person undertaking a full-time course of education”, “term time” and “ceases to undertake the course”; and
(b)manner in which the registration officer shall determine when a person ceases to undertake such a full-time course of education,
shall be such as may be prescribed.
[F5(6A)Subsections (4) and (5) above shall not apply to persons undertaking a full-time course of nursing education, but such a person shall, in respect of the period beginning when he undertakes the course and ending when he ceases to do so, be liable for only such percentage as may be prescribed of the amount of the personal community charge for which he would otherwise be liable.
(6B)The Secretary of State may, by regulations made under this subsection—
(a)require such bodies as may be prescribed to supply, in such manner and at such time as may be prescribed, to every person undertaking or about to undertake a full time course of nursing education a certificate containing such particulars as may be prescribed; and
(b)require such bodies as may be prescribed to supply to the registration officer within such period (being not less than 21 days) as may be prescribed such information as the registration officer may reasonably require for the purposes of the exercise of his functions under this Act, being information which is in the possession or control of the body.
(6C)References in subsections (6A) and (6B) above to a full-time course of nursing education, a person undertaking such a course and to ceasing to undertake such a course shall be construed in such manner as may be prescribed.]
(7)Persons who—
(a)are married to each other and live together; or
(b)being a man and a woman, live together as if they were husband and wife,
shall [F6, notwithstanding that they are not otherwise liable under this Act for a personal community charge,] be jointly and severally liable for the personal community charges, relating to the period during which they live together, for which [F7either] of them is liable.
[F8(8)A person is exempt from liability to pay the personal community charge in respect of any time in a financial year if he is, at that time, a person such as is described in Schedule 1A to this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 18(2)
F2S. 8(2) substituted for s. 8(2)(3) by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 18(3)
F3S. 8(5A) inserted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 18(4)
F4Words inserted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 18(5)
F5S. 8(6A)–(6C) inserted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 18(6)
F6Words inserted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 18(7)(a)
F7Word substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 137, Sch. 12 para. 18(7)(b)
F8S. 8(8) substituted for s. 8(8)(9) by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1; 103:2), s. 129
Textual Amendments
F9S. 9: the repeal of the Act by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 117(2), Sch. 14 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4) and saving in s. 118(3)) was brought into force (1.10.1992) as regards s. 9 by S.I. 1992/2183, art. 2(d),Sch. (with art. 3).
(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations as regards any case where—
(a)a person is or was liable to pay, in respect of any time in such financial year as is prescribed, the personal community charge determined by a local authority in respect of that year; and
(b)prescribed conditions are fulfilled.
(2)Regulations under this section may provide that the amount of a person’s liability in respect of personal community charge shall not be such amount as it would be apart from the regulations or, as the case may be, such amount as it was, but instead such smaller amount as is arrived at in accordance with prescribed rules.
(3)The conditions mentioned in subsection (1) above may be prescribed by reference to such factors as the Secretary of State sees fit; and in particular such factors may include all or any of the following—
(a)rates for a period before 1 April 1989;
(b)the circumstances of or other matters relating to the person concerned;
(c)an amount relating to the local authority concerned and specified, or to be specified, for the purposes of the regulations in a report laid, or to be laid, before the House of Commons;
(d)such other amounts as may be prescribed or arrived at in a prescribed manner;
(e)the making of an application by the person concerned.
(4)The rules mentioned in subsection (2) above may be prescribed by reference to such factors as the Secretary of State sees fit; and in particular such factors may include all or any of the factors mentioned in subsection (3)(a) to (d) above.
(5)Without prejudice to the generality of section 31(2) of this Act, regulations under this section may include—
(a)provision requiring the Secretary of State to specify in a report, for the purposes of the regulations, an amount in relation to each local authority;
(b)provision requiring him to lay the report before the House of Commons;
(c)provision for the review of any prescribed decision of a local authority relating to the application or operation of the regulations.
(6)To the extent that he would not have power to do so apart from this subsection, the Secretary of State may—
(a)include in regulations under this section such amendments of any social security instrument as he thinks expedient in consequence of the regulations under this section;
(b)include in any social security instrument such provision as he thinks expedient in consequence of regulations under this section.
and any such amendments or provision may be deemed by the regulations or, as the case may be, instrument to have come into effect prior to the date of coming into force of the regulations or instrument.
(7)In subsection (6) above “social security instrument” means an order or regulations made, or falling to be made, by the Secretary of State under [F11Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992].]
Textual Amendments
F11Words in s. 9A(7) substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), s. 4, Sch. 2 para.86.
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