2007 No. 26
The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 8 and 9 of the Electronic Communications Act 20001 and sections 140B, 140C(1), (1A) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (5) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 19922.
In accordance with section 8(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 he considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose that will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.
In accordance with section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 he has sought the consent of the Treasury3.
In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act he has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned4.
Citation, commencement, effect and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 5th February 2007.
2
Article 4(2) shall have effect from 1st April 2004.
3
Articles 2(4)(b), 3 and 4(1) shall have effect from 1st April 2005.
4
Article 4(3) shall have effect from 1st April 2006.
5
In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 19985.
Amendment of Part II of the principal Order2
1
Part II of the principal Order (claims for and payment of subsidy) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
2
In article 2 (interpretation of Parts II and IV) after the definition of “claim form”, insert—
“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000
3
After article 3 (conditions for payment of subsidy), insert—
Electronic communications3A
1
The Secretary of State, an authority or auditor may use an electronic communication in connection with any claim, audit or payment of subsidy provided it is made in accordance with the provisions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 6.
2
Any reference to an electronic communication in this Order means an electronic communication made in accordance with those provisions.
3
Schedule 6 makes further provisions relating to electronic communications.
4
In article 4 (requirement of claim)—
a
in paragraphs (2) and (4) after the words “on the form supplied by him to that authority”, insert “or by means of an electronic communication”;
b
in paragraphs (2)(c) and (3) for “30th June” substitute “31st May”;
c
in paragraph (3) before the words “The final claim”, insert “Except where an authority submits a claim by means of an electronic communication,”;
d
omit paragraph (4A);
e
in paragraph (4B) after the words “on such form as is supplied by him or them”, insert “or by means of an electronic communication”; and
f
in paragraph (5) after the words “shall be signed”, insert “or submitted by means of an electronic communication”.
5
In article 5 (requirement to keep records and provide information)—
a
in sub-paragraph (1)(a) after “paragraph (2)”, insert “in written or electronic form”;
b
in sub-paragraph (1)(b) after the words “produce records”, insert “in written or electronic form”; and
c
in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “full, accurate and properly calculated”, substitute “fairly stated and in accordance with the relevant articles of this Order”.
6
In article 6 (requirement of audit)—
a
in paragraph (1)(ia) after the words “is submitted to the Secretary of State”, insert “in written or electronic form”;
b
in paragraph (2)(a) after the words “such information”, insert “in written or electronic form”;
c
for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) and the words following that paragraph substitute—
b
keep, and where asked to do so, produce records in written or electronic form with a bearing on its claim,
as may be required by the auditor or as may be otherwise required to enable that authority to show and its auditor to check, that that claim is fairly stated and in accordance with the relevant articles of this Order.
d
for paragraph (3) substitute—
3
No final subsidy shall be paid until the authority’s auditor has certified on the claim for or by means of an electronic communication that the final claim is fairly stated and in accordance with the relevant articles of this Order.
Amendment of Part III of the principal Order3
1
Omit article 18(5)(a) of the principal Order (additions to subsidy).
2
Omit article 23(2) of the principal Order (transitional provisions in relation to rent officer determinations).
Amendment of the Schedules to the principal Order4
1
For Schedule 1 to the principal Order (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute as Schedule 1 the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
2
In Schedule 4 to the principal Order (high rents and rent allowances)—
a
in paragraphs 7, 8(3), 9(2) to (5) and 11 of Part 2 (rent officers’ determinations); and
b
in paragraph 15 of Part 3 (reckonable rent cases),
for “95 per cent”, substitute “100 per cent”.
3
In Schedule 4A to the principal Order (rent rebate limitation deductions (housing revenue account dwellings))—
a
in paragraph 2(4) (liability to deduction)—
i
in step 1 and 2 for “service charges were imposed” substitute “rent was charged”; and
ii
in step 4 for “new service charges were imposed” substitute “rent was charged”
b
after paragraph 2(7), insert—
8
For the purposes of calculating the total number of weeks for which rent is charged in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) rent free periods shall be included.
c
in the table in Part 3 (weekly rent limits for purposes of Part 2: authorities in England), in the entry relating to Dover for “£61.53”, substitute “£63.05”.
4
After Schedule 4A to the principal Order insert as Schedule 6 the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
We consent
SCHEDULE 1SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER
SCHEDULE 1SUMS TO BE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY
Administration subsidy
Non-HRA Rent Rebates
Threshold
Cap
England
(£)
(£)
(£)
Adur
541,150
117.63
203.30
Allerdale
820,662
94.42
162.87
Alnwick
187,588
81.85
141.83
Amber Valley
2,177,537
94.89
163.87
Arun
801,040
123.12
212.38
Ashfield
694,574
89.10
153.87
Ashford
544,777
116.91
201.88
Aylesbury Vale
553,713
113.05
195.67
Babergh
391,953
108.20
186.83
Barking and Dagenham
3,467,516
223.51
346.99
Barnet
2,459,834
223.51
346.99
Barnsley
1,679,991
79.15
137.65
Barrow in Furness
576,998
98.76
170.54
Basildon
1,197,999
114.95
198.50
Basingstoke and Deane
719,350
117.07
201.95
Bassetlaw
630,003
99.33
171.53
Bath & North East Somerset
1,112,332
100.71
173.73
Bedford
962,281
93.24
161.42
Berwick upon Tweed
184,582
88.60
152.98
Bexley
1,362,860
223.51
346.99
Birmingham
10,721,429
95.47
165.32
Blaby
295,933
85.08
147.23
Blackburn with Darwen
1,550,729
108.94
187.92
Blackpool
2,142,732
90.73
160.83
Blyth Valley
604,122
75.02
129.88
Bolsover
639,470
77.36
136.39
Bolton
2,657,289
81.72
142.4
Boston
411,275
85.21
147.31
Bournemouth
1,474,200
102.41
187.95
Bracknell Forest
493,431
127.2
223.22
Bradford
4,201,293
86.20
158.19
Braintree
670,747
104.64
180.69
Breckland
960,122
107.01
185.25
Brent
3,652,904
223.51
366.97
Brentwood
388,832
118.62
204.84
Bridgnorth
304,791
96.45
167.79
Brighton and Hove
2,451,490
105.84
203.09
Bristol
3,016,186
93.23
180.00
Broadland
564,628
107.01
185.25
Bromley
1,833,635
223.51
346.99
Bromsgrove
599,819
99.45
179.46
Broxbourne
416,427
126.48
218.41
Broxtowe
1,083,155
81.36
141.69
Burnley
963,316
96.75
166.89
Bury
1,259,114
94.23
162.72
Calderdale
1,471,710
83.75
144.71
Cambridge
614,340
111.41
192.38
Camden
3,367,912
223.51
365.30
Cannock Chase
518,977
99.89
178.38
Canterbury
879,676
112.34
193.97
Caradon
455,141
94.69
163.51
Carlisle
908,624
92.14
159.10
Carrick
546,892
107.83
186.20
Castle Morpeth
202,845
88.89
153.50
Castle Point
673,294
122.30
211.18
Charnwood
584,764
85.61
147.85
Chelmsford
796,312
119.70
207.46
Cheltenham
601,259
121.58
209.93
Cherwell
633,201
117.87
203.82
Chester
847,625
89.00
153.52
Chester le Street
499,581
82.28
142.53
Chesterfield
794,632
81.69
141.06
Chichester
642,039
118.48
204.37
Chiltern
376,484
117.07
201.95
Chorley
481,619
83.82
145.54
Christchurch
264,923
100.71
184.64
City of London
102,295
223.51
346.99
Colchester
804,419
110.25
191.93
Congleton
387,214
94.42
162.87
Copeland
958,391
88.71
164.58
Corby
329,919
91.42
163.13
Cotswold
558,760
100.71
173.73
Coventry
2,977,295
81.21
155.64
Craven
250,835
100.12
172.89
Crawley
563,744
126.74
219.64
Crewe and Nantwich
715,779
99.90
179.69
Croydon
3,439,965
223.51
360.44
Dacorum
741,450
110.97
194.04
Darlington
787,433
86.96
150.16
Dartford
700,602
114.85
198.32
Daventry
242,633
91.32
157.69
Derby
1,907,939
90.19
155.76
Derbyshire Dales
309,095
91.57
158.47
Derwentside
1,047,550
89.71
154.91
Doncaster
2,029,010
82.28
144.48
Dover
870,579
116.94
201.93
Dudley
2,201,242
95.78
167.82
Durham
713,680
84.71
148.23
Ealing
2,370,849
223.51
351.19
Easington
952,559
87.21
150.59
East Cambridgeshire
363,667
107.01
185.25
East Devon
549,226
91.41
167.75
East Dorset
391,512
100.71
184.64
East Hampshire
500,372
117.07
201.95
East Hertfordshire
508,022
127.90
221.65
East Lindsey
957,002
87.82
151.81
East Northamptonshire
412,822
98.10
169.60
East Riding of Yorkshire
1,651,981
87.66
155.41
East Staffordshire
746,426
85.52
147.52
Eastbourne
929,671
105.32
193.31
Eastleigh
497,202
117.07
201.95
Eden
216,951
94.42
162.87
Ellesmere Port and Neston
681,717
73.57
145.96
Elmbridge
683,799
133.53
230.32
Enfield
2,962,511
223.51
346.99
Epping Forest
574,529
113.34
196.26
Epsom and Ewell
239,878
117.07
201.95
Erewash
606,111
83.97
145.31
Exeter
793,266
88.54
162.50
Fareham
315,483
110.95
195.45
Fenland
548,408
100.56
173.66
Forest Heath
213,305
99.04
171.03
Forest of Dean
705,851
96.52
166.67
Fylde
373,689
82.51
142.31
Gateshead
4,151,653
87.29
150.74
Gedling
550,834
83.14
144.18
Gloucester
720,049
105.41
182.02
Gosport
418,312
108.81
187.90
Gravesham
916,856
111.04
191.76
Great Yarmouth
1,267,467
83.55
153.34
Greenwich
3,455,031
223.51
346.99
Guildford
508,357
134.07
231.52
Hackney
4,098,097
223.51
347.48
Halton
1,405,420
86.83
155.33
Hambleton
535,304
83.08
152.54
Hammersmith and Fulham
2,405,655
223.51
346.99
Harborough
428,222
103.09
178.01
Haringey
2,767,088
223.51
346.99
Harlow
579,851
109.42
188.94
Harrogate
585,388
106.57
184.04
Harrow
1,307,876
223.51
381.29
Hart
513,841
117.07
201.95
Hartlepool
1,182,656
90.16
155.69
Hastings
1,018,078
117.07
201.95
Havant
642,013
117.07
201.95
Havering
1,249,238
223.51
346.99
Herefordshire
1,117,571
89.64
154.80
Hertsmere
530,671
107.01
185.25
High Peak
449,673
96.94
167.39
Hillingdon
1,591,178
223.51
383.39
Hinckley and Bosworth
356,258
93.60
161.64
Horsham
703,607
138.41
238.74
Hounslow
1,569,795
223.51
346.99
Huntingdonshire
725,955
115.92
200.68
Hyndburn
656,521
93.45
161.20
Ipswich
929,602
99.72
172.19
Isle of Wight
1,076,317
117.07
201.95
Isles of Scilly
7,951
104.08
179.73
Islington
3,485,205
223.51
359.52
Kennet
359,786
100.71
173.73
Kensington and Chelsea
2,158,521
223.51
396.15
Kerrier
810,317
100.71
173.73
Kettering
404,257
90.21
157.06
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
1,024,778
87.62
159.42
Kingston upon Hull
3,087,282
90.63
162.38
Kingston upon Thames
695,047
223.51
372.60
Kirklees
2,566,641
91.86
158.64
Knowsley
2,069,706
102.02
176.17
Lambeth
4,509,682
223.51
346.99
Lancaster
902,217
90.85
156.87
Leeds
6,087,011
83.41
153.46
Leicester
3,156,743
92.52
159.61
Lewes
492,190
113.59
197.50
Lewisham
4,044,602
223.51
346.99
Lichfield
606,649
92.82
160.12
Lincoln
796,442
87.56
151.20
Liverpool
6,165,922
93.12
160.83
Luton
1,292,893
114.55
197.81
Macclesfield
645,726
103.10
193.20
Maidstone
762,416
116.30
200.82
Maldon
306,138
107.01
185.25
Malvern Hills
464,980
92.82
160.12
Manchester
5,994,281
109.17
188.51
Mansfield
739,362
93.71
161.65
Medway
1,576,395
114.85
198.32
Melton
159,782
84.14
149.23
Mendip
769,027
99.23
171.18
Merton
1,048,254
223.51
346.99
Mid Bedfordshire
665,055
106.32
184.26
Mid Devon
367,375
94.27
162.80
Mid Suffolk
307,758
100.56
173.66
Mid Sussex
1,442,432
117.07
201.95
Middlesbrough
1,540,524
98.66
170.37
Milton Keynes
1,229,471
114.35
198.30
Mole Valley
278,432
113.82
196.54
New Forest
726,720
126.10
217.76
Newark and Sherwood
555,099
87.56
151.19
Newcastle under Lyme
755,700
78.70
150.86
Newcastle upon Tyne
3,540,011
85.76
148.09
Newham
3,270,945
223.51
346.99
North Cornwall
785,134
95.06
164.14
North Devon
761,263
109.95
189.66
North Dorset
442,945
100.71
173.73
North East Derby
555,051
79.87
141.45
North East Lincoln
1,425,452
85.81
153.36
North Hertfordshire
804,148
115.06
204.65
North Kesteven
477,640
87.53
151.13
North Lincolnshire
1,017,814
83.07
143.97
North Norfolk
694,904
92.45
159.84
North Shropshire
279,310
86.90
151.02
North Somerset
1,113,123
115.92
200.17
North Tyneside
1,964,942
80.25
139.34
North Warwickshire
437,768
91.58
160.70
North West Leicestershire
372,649
86.63
149.59
North Wiltshire
623,597
100.71
173.73
Northampton
2,002,351
113.90
196.67
Norwich
1,147,991
90.26
156.40
Nottingham
2,783,167
83.96
144.99
Nuneaton and Bedworth
822,002
88.81
154.92
Oadby and Wigston
286,631
85.39
148.27
Oldham
1,908,799
83.75
153.13
Oswestry
187,813
89.56
154.65
Oxford
866,910
122.71
213.93
Pendle
753,190
87.23
150.64
Penwith
812,198
94.58
173.40
Peterborough
1,499,900
114.08
197.00
Plymouth
2,452,020
92.07
158.97
Poole
1,072,501
104.52
191.62
Portsmouth
1,561,051
111.09
191.81
Preston
984,115
94.99
164.01
Purbeck
216,233
116.19
200.62
Reading
1,238,833
135.67
234.27
Redbridge
1,493,193
223.51
352.76
Redcar and Cleveland
1,486,136
94.34
162.90
Redditch
571,209
100.51
173.57
Reigate and Banstead
513,075
131.92
227.79
Restormel
927,144
108.16
186.57
Ribble Valley
160,730
81.96
141.52
Richmond upon Thames
971,006
223.51
346.99
Richmondshire
179,836
97.21
167.85
Rochdale
3,608,972
87.10
150.41
Rochford
353,263
103.82
179.26
Rossendale
570,634
88.21
152.16
Rother
655,384
117.07
201.95
Rotherham
1,793,414
73.64
132.52
Rugby
542,118
94.15
163.62
Runnymede
312,692
138.57
239.29
Rushcliffe
364,891
96.48
168.17
Rushmoor
421,480
117.07
201.95
Rutland
101,833
102.90
177.70
Ryedale
364,478
83.08
152.54
Salford
2,769,586
96.36
166.39
Salisbury
481,187
121.97
216.09
Sandwell
2,939,378
103.71
180.64
Scarborough
1,061,827
98.94
170.84
Sedgefield
892,905
85.26
147.64
Sedgemoor
578,007
106.66
184.18
Sefton
2,523,338
98.01
169.49
Selby
550,697
92.79
160.24
Sevenoaks
684,206
117.07
201.95
Sheffield
4,342,187
83.75
144.74
Shepway
753,323
107.33
185.33
Shrewsbury and Atcham
655,452
95.11
164.24
Slough
869,970
122.26
213.37
Solihull
963,097
99.57
171.94
South Bedfordshire
489,805
119.67
207.86
South Bucks
715,344
117.07
201.95
South Cambridgeshire
408,947
119.89
207.03
South Derbyshire
353,337
94.21
162.67
South Gloucestershire
2,774,785
102.68
180.81
South Hams
786,066
100.71
173.73
South Holland
575,231
89.35
154.30
South Kesteven
514,260
92.28
161.34
South Lakeland
453,490
106.13
188.71
South Norfolk
573,411
97.21
167.85
South Northamptonshire
201,640
106.08
184.62
South Oxfordshire
535,396
117.07
201.95
South Ribble
655,774
94.42
162.87
South Shropshire
236,887
92.82
160.12
South Somerset
820,781
100.71
173.73
South Staffordshire
744,790
92.82
160.12
South Tyneside
1,868,061
78.12
136.67
Southampton
1,772,938
98.03
188.07
Southend on Sea
1,451,034
106.44
183.80
Southwark
5,314,651
223.51
346.99
Spelthorne
446,961
117.07
201.95
St Albans
537,738
118.06
205.35
St Edmundsbury
524,174
106.04
183.78
St Helens
1,706,323
100.64
173.78
Stafford
681,083
92.82
160.12
Staffordshire Moorlands
459,312
90.27
155.71
Stevenage
566,404
116.92
201.89
Stockport
1,508,996
85.47
164.34
Stockton on Tees
1,303,882
89.51
155.97
Stoke on Trent
2,999,929
89.33
154.24
Stratford on Avon
575,445
92.82
160.12
Stroud
617,771
107.03
184.81
Suffolk Coastal
593,364
97.13
168.14
Sunderland
4,104,354
97.04
167.40
Surrey Heath
246,977
117.07
201.95
Sutton
937,379
223.51
346.99
Swale
988,384
117.07
201.95
Swindon
891,670
95.38
166.55
Tameside
1,983,153
99.17
171.06
Tamworth
391,561
97.36
169.29
Tandridge
250,169
116.83
203.44
Taunton Deane
785,620
94.94
163.94
Teesdale
141,953
87.05
150.31
Teignbridge
904,466
112.26
193.86
Telford and Wrekin
1,252,063
92.82
160.12
Tendring
1,052,313
98.00
179.86
Test Valley
472,663
113.80
196.29
Tewkesbury
351,544
92.87
160.20
Thanet
1,560,632
106.35
183.64
Three Rivers
348,065
120.56
209.77
Thurrock
910,565
113.49
195.95
Tonbridge and Malling
605,472
117.07
201.95
Torbay
1,319,475
103.66
178.81
Torridge
463,075
102.57
177.11
Tower Hamlets
4,313,752
223.51
374.38
Trafford
1,304,835
95.94
165.66
Tunbridge Wells
655,838
117.07
201.95
Tynedale
356,005
93.57
161.41
Uttlesford
283,576
117.32
202.66
Vale of White Horse
446,705
117.07
201.95
Vale Royal
1,056,871
94.94
163.95
Wakefield
2,009,095
83.83
156.34
Walsall
2,722,971
95.48
164.89
Waltham Forest
2,188,169
223.51
367.87
Wandsworth
2,402,306
223.51
390.57
Wansbeck
490,155
74.07
127.90
Warrington
1,265,550
95.33
164.61
Warwick
659,071
101.13
176.96
Watford
480,458
117.41
202.72
Waveney
1,015,793
92.30
159.38
Waverley
429,795
127.22
219.45
Wealden
557,215
99.81
191.49
Wear Valley
629,981
86.22
148.87
Wellingborough
361,833
93.99
162.29
Welwyn Hatfield
535,731
110.25
193.38
West Berkshire
905,001
117.07
201.95
West Devon
265,001
100.71
173.73
West Dorset
546,291
100.71
173.73
West Lancashire
934,290
89.13
155.22
West Lindsey
491,595
86.71
149.91
West Oxfordshire
420,810
112.22
193.59
West Somerset
283,361
100.71
173.73
West Wiltshire
658,210
115.04
198.44
Westminster
2,260,565
223.51
428.82
Weymouth and Portland
613,230
104.29
179.90
Wigan
2,162,909
89.41
154.39
Winchester
399,158
117.53
202.95
Windsor and Maidenhead
768,568
117.07
201.95
Wirral
2,975,390
104.37
180.21
Woking
346,099
151.4
261.45
Wokingham
305,817
118.29
210.01
Wolverhampton
2,283,266
86.71
160.13
Worcester
592,374
89.41
156.05
Worthing
610,368
117.07
201.95
Wychavon
654,519
116.85
201.54
Wycombe
630,922
134.52
232.29
Wyre
785,444
94.80
163.52
Wyre Forest
798,083
96.56
166.56
York
802,154
98.23
169.61
Wales
Blaenau Gwent
799,019
91.65
158.24
Bridgend
988,768
93.01
160.62
Caerphilly
1,250,336
98.31
169.76
Cardiff
2,228,733
103.42
179.59
Carmarthenshire
1,180,478
89.75
154.98
Ceredigion
379,744
98.37
169.86
Conwy
1,792,884
86.52
156.20
Denbighshire
630,626
84.15
146.72
Flintshire
797,706
89.49
154.73
Gwynedd
753,834
89.13
153.90
Isle of Anglesey
669,910
87.88
151.74
Merthyr Tydfil
817,642
89.17
153.98
Monmouthshire
475,585
103.25
179.51
Neath Port Talbot
1,124,438
90.39
156.09
Newport
1,012,024
97.89
171.18
Pembrokeshire
851,138
87.86
151.70
Powys
725,790
92.14
159.35
Rhondda Cynon Taff
1,987,547
87.70
151.44
Swansea
1,737,342
93.70
161.81
Torfaen
627,677
101.74
177.30
Vale of Glamorgan
807,675
105.59
182.34
Wrexham
891,479
83.92
145.37
Scotland
Aberdeen
1,488,421
79.65
139.02
Aberdeenshire
1,162,226
75.09
133.40
Angus
932,799
70.27
126.75
Argyll and Bute
606,884
85.63
147.88
Clackmannanshire
419,879
75.46
139.24
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
183,493
88.56
154.86
Dumfries and Galloway
1,315,712
80.33
141.23
Dundee
2,072,708
87.31
152.30
East Ayrshire
1,136,017
76.85
132.82
East Dunbartonshire
453,465
82.14
145.45
East Lothian
5,435,595
73.87
127.56
East Renfrewshire
354,131
78.82
144.59
Edinburgh
4,324,973
100.39
173.35
Falkirk
1,101,183
80.03
147.09
Fife
2,807,442
76.13
136.38
Glasgow
11,743,523
101.72
175.65
Highland
1,369,487
93.42
161.30
Inverclyde
922,614
95.55
170.47
Midlothian
762,226
66.98
115.67
Moray
449,823
67.74
116.96
North Ayrshire
1,390,101
71.99
127.46
North Lanarkshire
3,005,055
83.85
146.60
Orkney Islands
94,955
78.51
135.56
Perth & Kinross
734,348
71.28
123.09
Renfrewshire
1,918,068
87.13
158.90
Scottish Borders
828,671
75.83
130.93
Shetland
84,568
102.20
176.47
South Ayrshire
908,735
78.20
135.01
South Lanarkshire
2,633,563
85.82
148.19
Stirling
544,644
80.89
139.66
West Dunbartonshire
1,212,914
80.57
139.14
West Lothian
1,547,073
82.78
169.42
SCHEDULE 2SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED AS SCHEDULE 6 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER
SCHEDULE 6ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
PART 1INTERPRETATION
Interpretation1
In this Schedule “official computer system” means a computer system maintained by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for the sending, receipt, processing or storage of any claim or return.
PART 2ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Conditions for the use of electronic communications2
1
An authority or auditor must use an approved method of—
a
electronic communication;
b
authenticating the identity of the sender of the communication;
c
authenticating any claim or return delivered by means of an electronic communication; and
d
submitting to the Secretary of State any claim or return.
2
An authority or auditor must submit any claim or return by means of an electronic communication in an approved form.
3
Where a claim or return is submitted electronically but not in accordance with the conditions specified in this paragraph, that claim or return shall be treated as not having been submitted.
4
In this paragraph “approved” means approved by means of a direction given by the Secretary of State.
Use of intermediaries3
The Secretary of State may—
a
use intermediaries in connection with the receipt, authentication or security of any claim or return delivered by means of an electronic communication; and
b
require authorities or auditors to use intermediaries in connection with those matters.
PART 3ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION - EVIDENTIAL PROVISIONS
Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communication4
1
Any claim or return which is delivered by means of an electronic communication shall be treated as having been delivered in the approved manner or form on the day the conditions imposed—
a
by or under this Schedule; and
b
by or under Part II of this Order
are satisfied.
2
The Secretary of State may, by a direction, determine that any claim or return is to be treated as delivered on a different day (whether earlier or later) from the day provided for in sub-paragraph (1).
3
A claim or return shall not be treated as delivered to an official computer system by means of an electronic communication unless it is accepted by the system to which it is delivered.
Proof of identify of sender or recipient of information5
For the purpose of any legal proceedings, it shall be presumed that the identity of the sender or recipient, as the case may be, of any claim or return delivered by means of an electronic communication to an official computer system is the same as is recorded on that official computer system.
Proof of delivery of information6
1
For the purpose of any legal proceedings, it shall be presumed that—
a
if the delivery of any claim or return has been recorded on an official computer system, the use of an electronic communication has resulted in the delivery of that claim or return to the Secretary of State;
b
if the delivery of any claim or return submitted by means of an electronic communication to the Secretary of State has not been recorded on an official computer system, no delivery has been made;
c
any claim or return submitted by means of an electronic communication has been received on the time and date recorded on an official computer system.
Proof of content of information7
For the purpose of any legal proceedings, the content of any claim or return submitted by means of an electronic communication shall be presumed to be that recorded on an official computer system.
(This note is not part of the Order)