SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Non-Domestic Rating: Multipliers
Part INon-Domestic Rating Multipliers
General provisions
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1
The Secretary of State shall calculate the non-domestic rating multiplier for a chargeable financial year beginning in or after 1991 and, as soon as is reasonably practicable after doing so, shall serve on each charging authority a notice stating the multiplier as so calculated.
2
Where the financial year is one for which the Secretary of State has calculated a figure for C under paragraph 5(5) above, the notice must contain the figure he has calculated.
3
Where the financial year is one at the beginning of which new lists must be compiled, the notice must contain—
a
his estimates made under paragraph 5(6) and (7) above, and
b
the date determined by him under paragraph 5(10) above for the purpose of making the estimates.
4
A calculation under sub-paragraph (1) above is invalid unless one or both of the following conditions is fulfilled—
a
it is made after the revenue support grant report for the year has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons;
b
it is made on or after 1 March in the preceding financial year.
5
A calculation under sub-paragraph (1) above is invalid if made at a time when an order under paragraph 5(3) above which is effective in relation to the year has not come into force.