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PART IVE+W Finance

35 Council tax, rating and the community charge.E+W

(1)The new principal councils shall be billing authorities in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1996 and in relation to subsequent financial years.

(2)In this section “billing authority” means an authority which is a billing authority for the purposes of—

(a)Part I of the M1Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax); and

(b)Part III of the M2Local Government Finance Act 1988 (non-domestic rating).

(3)In the period before 1st April 1996, the old authorities concerned shall continue to exercise their functions as billing authorities in respect of matters arising in connection with financial years before the financial year beginning on that date.

(4)After 31st March 1996, the new principal councils shall have the same functions in relation to council tax, rating (including non-domestic rating) and the community charge as the old authorities would have had—

(a)in connection with those matters, and

(b)in relation to any financial year beginning before 1996,

if the old authorities had not been abolished.

(5)For section 1(2) of the Act of 1992 substitute—

(2)In this Part “billing authority” means—

(a)in relation to England, a district council or London borough council, the Common Council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, and

(b)in relation to Wales, a county council or county borough council.

(6)In section 39(1) of the Act of 1992 (precepting authorities), in paragraph (a) at the end add “in England”.

Commencement Information

I1S. 35 wholly in force at 3.4.1995, see s. 66 and S.I. 1995/852, art. 6(1) (subject to art. 6(2)-(5))

Marginal Citations

36 Valuation lists for Welsh billing authorities.E+W

After section 22 of the M3Local Government Finance Act 1992, insert—

22A Amalgamated valuation lists for Welsh billing authorities.

(1)Every new listing officer shall, on 1st April 1996, compile a list (“the amalgamated list”) for the new billing authority for which he is appointed, based on the information provided for him under this section.

(2)The amalgamated list shall contain the information which was included in the valuation lists compiled on 1st April 1993 for the old billing authorities (“the current lists”) so far as that information is relevant.

(3)The amalgamated list shall also include the information which was included in any current list by way of an alteration, so far as that information is relevant.

(4)A new listing officer’s amalgamated list shall be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as the valuation list for his new billing authority and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st April 1993.

(5)Where an amalgamated list contains information which is derived from any alteration made to any valuation list or lists from which it is derived, the amalgamated list shall be treated as having been varied on the date on which the alteration was made.

(6)Subsections (2) to (8) of section 22 above shall not apply in relation to an amalgamated list.

(7)Every listing officer shall—

(a)on or before 15th November 1995, provide the appropriate new listing officer with the information recorded in his valuation list as at 31st October 1995 so far as it is relevant; and

(b)on 31st March 1996, provide the appropriate new listing officer with the information recorded in his valuation list as at that date, so far as it is relevant.

(8)A new listing officer receiving any information under subsection (7)(a) above shall send a copy of it to his new billing authority as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(9)As soon as is reasonably practicable after compiling the amalgamated list, a new listing officer shall send a copy of it to his new billing authority.

(10)A new billing authority receiving a copy of an amalgamated list under subsection (9) above shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, deposit it at its principal office.

(11)In this section—

(12)For the purposes of this section—

(a)references to a listing officer’s valuation list are references to the valuation list maintained by him under this Act;

(b)a new listing officer’s area is the area of the new billing authority for which he is appointed;

(c)the appropriate new listing officer, in relation to any information which relates to a dwelling is the new listing officer for the new billing authority in whose area the dwelling is situated; and

(d)information is relevant in relation to a new listing officer, or his area, if it relates to a dwelling which is in his area.

Commencement Information

I2S. 36 wholly in force at 3.4.1995, see s. 66 and S.I. 1995/852, art. 6(1) (subject to art. 6(2)-(5))

Marginal Citations

F137 Local non-domestic rating lists for Welsh billing authorities.E+W

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Textual Amendments

38 Council funds for new principal councils.E+W

(1)Each new principal council shall establish, and then maintain, a fund to be known as their council fund.

(2)Any sums received by a new principal council shall be paid into their council fund.

(3)All payments by a new principal council shall be made out of their council fund.

(4)Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to any sums to be paid into, or payments to be made out of, a trust fund.

(5)Section 101(1)(b) of the 1972 Act (delegation) shall not apply as regards the functions of a new principal council in relation to their council fund.

(6)Each new principal council shall keep accounts of sums paid into, and of payments made out of, their council fund.

(7)Any account kept only in respect of the general expenses of a new principal council shall be known as their general account and any account kept only in respect of any class of their special expenses shall be known as a special account.

(8)The Secretary of State may make regulations—

(a)requiring assets of a prescribed description which fall within a council fund to be held in a separate fund within the council fund;

(b)requiring any fund (other than a trust fund) of a prescribed description which is established by a new principal council to be maintained as a separate fund within their council fund.

(9)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to the liability of new principal councils to make payments from their council funds in respect of precepts issued under Chapter IV of Part I of the M4Local Government Finance Act 1992.

[F2(9A)The National Assembly for Wales may by regulations make provision for the sharing among a new principal council and major precepting authorities, in accordance with rules specified in the regulations, of an amount equal to all or part of any deduction that, in accordance with provision under paragraph 4(4A) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (local retention of rates), falls to be made in calculating the council’s non-domestic rating contribution for a financial year.]

(10)[F3Regulations under subsection (9) or (9A)] may, in particular, include provision—

(a)that anything falling to be paid must be paid—

(i)within a prescribed period; and

(ii)in instalments of such amounts, and at such times, as are determined by the billing authority in accordance with prescribed rules;

(b)that the billing authority must inform any precepting authorities when instalments will be paid and how they are to be calculated;

(c)that if an instalment is not paid to a precepting authority in accordance with the regulations, it is to be entitled to interest on the amount of the instalment;

(d)as to the circumstances in which the billing authority is to be treated as having discharged the liability mentioned in subsection (9) [F4or any liability arising under subsection (9A)];

(e)as to the recovery (by deduction or otherwise) of any excess amount paid by the billing authority to any precepting authority in purported discharge of the liability mentioned in subsection (9) [F4or any liability arising under subsection (9A)].

(11)Schedule 12 makes minor and consequential amendments with respect to funds.

[F5(12)In subsection (9A) “major precepting authority” has the meaning given by section 39(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 38: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Commencement Information

I3S. 38 wholly in force at 3.4.1995, see s. 66 and S.I. 1995/852, art. 6(1) (subject to art. 6(2)-(5))

Marginal Citations