C1C2C3C5C4 Part I Council Tax: England and Wales
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (31.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/549, art.3.
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (31.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/550, arts. 3, 4
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (28.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2825, reg. 3
Pt. 1 modified (24.12.2008) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3022), regs. 1(2), 8
Pt. 1 modified (24.12.2008) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3022), regs. 1(2), 7
C6F1CHAPTER IVZAReferendums relating to council tax increases
Pt. 1 Ch. 4ZA inserted (3.12.2011) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 72(1), 240(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2011/2896, art. 2(g) (with art. 3(1)(2))
Pt. 1 Ch. 4ZA modified by S.I. 2008/3022, reg. 15A, Sch. 3 (as inserted (25.1.2012) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/20), regs. 1(2), 7, 11, Sch. 2) (as amended (2.1.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1296), regs. 1, 10, 12)
Determination of whether increase excessive
52ZDApproval of principles
1
The principles for a financial year must be set out in a report which must be laid before the House of Commons.
2
If a report for a financial year is not laid before the specified date or, if so laid, is not approved by resolution of the House of Commons on or before the specified date—
a
no principles have effect for that year, and
b
accordingly, no authority's relevant basic amount of council tax for the year is capable of being excessive for the purposes of this Chapter.
3
If the Secretary of State does not propose to determine a set of principles for a financial year, the Secretary of State must lay a report before the House of Commons before the specified date giving the Secretary of State's reasons for not doing so.
4
In this section “the specified date”, in relation to a financial year, means the date on which the local government finance report for the year under F2paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act is approved by resolution of the House of Commons.
Pt. I (ss. 1-69) modified (6.3.1992) by Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), s. 18(1)(a)(b).